Lot 211. An inscribed Yixing stoneware hexagonal pewter-cased teapot and cover, Daoguang period, signed Yang Pengnian; 10.2cm high. Estimate HK$50,000 - 80,000. Sold for HK$ 100,000 (€ 11,948). Photo Bonhams.

The exterior with bamboo and kaishu inscriptions, with a jade spout and a 'C'-shaped handle, the top with a sunken recess surmounted by a flattened cover with a cylindrical green jade knop, the inner base of the teapot impressed with a raised four-character zhuanshu seal mark. 

Note: The seal mark carved at the underside of the cover reads 'zhi ting', a style name used by Zhao Songting who was an Yixing potter active during the Guangxu period. The seal mark at the base reads 'shi li ge', which was the studio name used by the the late Qing dynasty scholar Tong Fei (1865-1932) when he commissioned Yixing teapots from famous potters. Tong was appointed the director of the Jiangsu Provincial School of Yixing Stoneware in 1916.

Bonham's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 24 November 2013