Lotus Seeds & Frog Teapot
November 26, 2008 by admin
Filed under Blue, Featured Articles, Figurine Teapots, Less Than $100, Popular Teapots, Yixing Teapots
This is a most clever and unusual teapot. The finial is a life-like tan frog resting on a lily-pad but poised to jump.
The rounded rear of this bluish green teapot resembles a nut. The flat front presents an array of seed-like brown beads that move and rattle.
The spout has leaf detail, and the buckle at the top of the handle is a tiny brown bud. This extraordinary piece stands on “feet” of nuts and a vine whose tendril extends to the leafy spout. The Lotus Seeds and Frog teapot is a wonderful work of the artist’s imagination.
L: 7″ W: 3.5″ H: 5″
Regular price: $89.00 Sale price: $77.00
Popularity: 55% [?]
Yin Yang Yixing Chinese Teapot
November 26, 2008 by admin
Filed under Featured Articles, Less Than $50, Popular Teapots, Teapots, Yixing Teapots
The yin yang illustrates the traditional Chinese recognition of opposites and the union of opposites in objects or phenomena: light and dark, man and woman, summer and winter, heaven and earth.
In place of a finial, the top of this very attractive teapot features two rounded openings that complement the overall yin yang design. The handle is flaired at the top, and the spout is separated and then rejoined, again bringing to mind the philosophy of yin and yang.
Eight sand-colored bars on the shoulder appear identical at a glance but are actually different patterns. The teapot is a dark, earthy brown accented with the sand-colored bars.
Regular price: $39.00
Sale price: $34.00
Popularity: 48% [?]