A large and rare Chinese Yixing teapot and cover 18th century

A large and rare Chinese Yixing teapot and cover 18th century, the compressed circular body decorated with moulded sprays of peony within which phoenix are perched, the cover with four stylized characters, the knop as a pierced cash symbol, the base with two seal marks which read Xing Xi, Zheng Kong Jiazhi, 27cm. (2)

Cf. P Valfré, Yixing: Teapots for Europe, p.224, no.242 for a similar example sold in these rooms 18th May 2011, lot 23.

十八世紀  紫砂富貴吉祥壺

《荆溪》《鄭孔嘉制》