of Wendan type, the exterior decorated in low relief and highlighted in gilt with a swimming goldfish and a clump of lotus flower and leaves, the reverse with a poetic verse, the base with an inscription

Note: Compare a teapot of similar form and decoarted in low relief with a pair of Buddhist lions playing with a ball wrapped in ribbons, in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, published in Patrice Valfre, Yixing. Teapots for Europe, Poligny, 2000, pl. 210, together with European versions of various forms, pls 289-307.

Wendan may possibly refer to Li Wendan, after whom Wendan teapots are known, but in the absence of clear historical records it is difficult to be precise.

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 01 Jun 2017