Teapot, or wine pot, red stoneware, pear shape, decorated with applied prunus branches and cormorant on a scroll wave, not marked, made in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, China, probably c1850-1900
the possibility that this is a wine pot rather than a teapot exists because there is only a plain opening where the spout joins the pot, instead of the usual multiple holes or strainer
the possibility that this is a wine pot rather than a teapot exists because there is only a plain opening where the spout joins the pot, instead of the usual multiple holes or strainer
