Two Yixing stoneware teapots and covers. Qing dynasty. Photo Bonhams

Sturdily potted in the form of a drum, applied with a swan-neck spout and simple loop handle, the flat cover with a cylindrical knop with openwork decoration, the body and cover appliqué-decorated with anbaxian symbols and stylisedshou symbol medallions and lotus flowers, all between a band of studs below the rim and above the foot, the base impressed with two seal marks, together with a flattened circular teapot with incised inscriptions on the base. largest: 20.7cm long. (2). Lot 511. Sold for HK$ 81,250

Bonhams. 27 May 2012 4 p.m. Hong Kong. Yixing stoneware and scholar's objects from private collections