AN INSCRIBED PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT SIGNED YANG PENGNIAN, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

of hexagonal section, set with a facetted spout and an angular handle mounted with jade, one side incised with a scholar resting beneath a barren tree, the other with an inscription, the inner base of the pot with the maker's seal mark, Yang Pengnian zhi, the pewter cover set with a jade finial