AN YIXING STONEWARE TEAPOT AND COVER Early Qing Dynasty Of globular form applied with a large circular handle with tail end, set opposite a 'swan-neck' spout, the body applique-decorated on each side with a pair of Buddhist lions depicted frolicking with a brocade ball above a ruyi sceptre and sacred emblem above and below bands of scrolling floral motifs at the foot and shoulder, the handle and spout similarly decorated, the cover surmounted by a knop formed from a naturalistically moulded lion, linked to the handle with a metal chain; fitted box. 19.5cm across (3). Footnotes: 清早期　宜興朱泥佛獅戲球茶壺 Provenance: Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 286 來源： 香港邦瀚斯，2011年11月28日，拍品編號286 See another similar but smaller teapot with lion and floral decoration in the K.S.Lo collection, illustrated in the Gerard C.C. Tsang ed., Yixing Pottery, Hong Kong, 1981, p.171, pl.111. 壺身渾圓，以模塑瑞獅戲球為鈕，蓋上貼書卷扇形紋，其肩及足處飾菊花紋一周，中間貼花兩獅子戲繡球，富吉慶之意，下帶如意及扇子圖案，紋飾繁密，其圓把及三彎流皆飾以菊花紋，整體捏塑精到。羅桂祥先生收藏一件貼花獅子壺，其紋飾及形制與本壺類似，詳見曾柱昭編，《宜興陶藝》，香港，1981年，頁171，圖版111。 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing