TWO PEWTER-ENCASED AND JADE-MOUNTED YIXING TEAPOTS SIGNED YANG PENGNIAN QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY |

comprising a conical teapot inscribed with bamboo shoots and a poem; and a compressed globular teapot inscribed with blossoming prunus branches; each with a domed pewter cover and fitted with a white-and-russet jade spout, handle, and knop, and the interior applied with clay seal marks reading Yang Pengnian zhi and Yang Pengnian zao ('made by Yang Pengnian') (4)

Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 

Each teapot with small nicks and chips to jade handle, spout and finial, small dents, losses and discoloration to the pewter overall and wear to the interior and exterior consistent with age and use. The conical teapot with a slightly loose handle.
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