An Yixing stoneware 'hanwa' teapot and cover, Jiaqing-Daoguang, Chen fu mark, possibly Yang Pengnian. Photo courtesy Bonhams. 

The slightly bulging cylindrical body with lipped mouth and footrim, raised on a recessed base and flanked by a short spout and a 'C'-shaped handle, the gently domed cover with a central arched knop decorated with a sunken four-lobed haitang engraving, the exterior lightly incised with a continuous riverscape scene of a figure laying in rest on a sampan by willow trees, the main facade of the cover with a series of kaishu inscriptions, the base with a two-character zhuanshu potter's seal mark, the stoneware of a rich milky coffee colour with gold speckles. 14.1cm wide. (2). Estimate HK$ 450,000 - 550,000 (€43,000 - 53,000)

'Hanwa' or 'Han style tile' is known as one of the Eighteen Forms of Mansheng Pots, usually made together by Yang Pengnian and Chen Mansheng. The two-character signature incised on the top of the cover reads 'shi hu' or 'stone teapot' and the 'chen fu' mark engraved on the bottom are not recorded in traditional Yixing connoisseurship but they can be found on other teapots made by Yang Pengnian. Compare a closely related 'hanwa' teapot made by Yang Pengnian from the Shanghai Museum, with identical 'shi hu' and 'chen fu' marks and similar incising technique by engraving slim-line decorations on the side of the teapot (fig.1), illustrated by Gu Jingzhou, Yixing zisha zhenshang, Hong Kong, 1992, p.116, no.105; and another similar teapot also made by Yang Pengnian, see Liang Baiquan and Gu Jingzhou ed., Yixing zisha (Yixing Purple Clay Ware), Hong Kong, 1990, pp.116-117, pl.45. For more details about Yang Pengnian and Chen Mansheng, see lot 102.

The inscription carved on the side of the teapot explains that the decoration is done in the style of Tang Yin (1470-1523) with reference to Hui Shoupin (1633-1690).

Bonhams. MASTERPIECES OF YIXING STONEWARE FROM THE MR AND MRS JIMMY SHA COLLECTION. Hong Kong. 24 Nov 2013 13:30 CST