SMALL TEAPOT COVERED IN TERRACOTTA / YIXING GRES, FROM TODAY'S MENGCHEN 平孟臣
China, Qing Dynasty
With compressed belly, slightly sunken foot, short truncated cone-shaped beak, esse-shaped handle. It is topped by a lid topped by an ovoid fritel. Beautiful orange tones of the earth. Mark stamped with two characters under the handle: 福記. Stamped mark with six characters on two columns in a rectangle underneath: 荊溪惠孟臣製.
H: 10 cm
Note: A brand that falls within the typology known as 四腳溪 as established by Dr. Lv Qi Lin in his work devoted to the ancient sandstone teapots of Yixing (早期壶事典-貳).
A SMALL LIDDED YIXING TEAPOT AFTER HUI MENGCHEN 平孟臣
China, Qing Dynasty