Trois théières en grès Yixing Chine, dynastie Qing, XVIIIE et XIXE siècle

l'une hexagonale à pans coupés, la panse renflée, le bec, la prise et l'anse reliés par une monture en or ciselé représentant une tête de femme et une feuille d'acanthe, une autre hexagonale à pans coupés, la panse à décor cannelé évoquant des bambous, l'anse et le bec sculptés en forme de tronc, la prise à décor du yin et du yang, marque "Yixing zisha" à la base, la dernière de forme lobée rappelant une citrouille, la prise en forme d'animal ; égrenures

Collection Georges Clémenceau (1841-1929)

The middle one with some tiny chips to the cover's rim and to footrim ; the left one with three large chips to the cover and one to the inner rim of the cover ; the right one in good overall condition ; color is consistent with the catalogue illustration.
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See a similar 'bamboo' teapot wit a Yixing Zisha mark illustrated in Patrice Valfré, Yixing, des théières pour l'Europe, 2000, n° 128 p. 200