A large red clay stoneware teapotYixing four-character markThe globular body with ear-shaped handle and globular spout, the base with two seven-character inscriptions to the base; together with five further smaller teapots, including: a zisha globular teapot, with impressed mark to base and to the interior of the lid; a smaller red-clay tea pot with lipped rim and impressed seal to base; and a small red clay hexagonal teapot with impressed seals to the base and to the interior of the lid. 23cm (9in) wide (12).注脚The over-sized teapot incised to the base: 前墅古龙窑烧制古陽羨原土朱泥Which could be translated as:'Made in the ancient Qianshu dragon kiln''Red Clay (Zhuni) from the earth of Ancient Yangxian'.