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A CHINESE YIXING ZISHA FLATTENED SPHERICAL TEAPOT AND COVER.
18th Century.
The planar circular sides with a roundel pierced through the middle and carved to depict a bird in flight, 14cm H. (2)
清十八世紀?? 鏤雕紫砂抱月茶蓋壺
For a related teapot see Patrice Valfré Yixing: Teapots for Europe, 2000, cat no 23 and 187. The form is also seen in blanc de chine, for example, The Far-Reaching Fragrance of Tea: the Art and Culture of Tea in Asia, 2015, p 101, cat no I-34.