A YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER Qing Dynasty, signed Yang Pengnian (2)A YIXING TEAPOT AND COVERQing Dynasty, signed Yang PengnianThe pale beige compressed globular body supported on rounded conical tripod feet, the body with a wide dark purplish-brown band impressed with key-scroll patterns, the loop handle with a chi dragon modelled clambering over it, opposite a spout naturalistically formed as a beast head with open mouth, the cover with a finial modelled as a coiled chilong, the base with a four character impressed seal mark.9cm (3 1/2in) high (2).Provenance: English private collection, acquired in the 1980s and 1990s.