Pair of Yixing Teapots with Monkey and Gourd Motifs
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Two Chinese Yixing teapots, 20th century comprising a deep olive ovoid Yixing teapot with a textured 'Peeling nut' style casing and a tall arched twig handle with monkeys, a domed lid with a monkey finial, text to the body and impressed seal underside, the other buff coloured in the form of a long lobed gourd with a rounded handle and a leaf shaped lid with a vegetal finial, impressed underside. Height 18 cm, and smaller
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- Oviform /ovoid - The outline loosely resembling the shape of an egg.
- Finial - An architectural decoration, found on the upper parts of of an object. On furniture they are usually found on pediments, canopies and shelf supports. On smaller ceramic or silver items, such as spoons, they may decorate the top of the item itself, or the lid or cover where they provide a useful handle for removal.
Finials have a variety of shapes and forms. They may be urn-shaped, baluster shaped round or spiral, but usually taper into an upper point. Many real life shapes may also be used as finials, such as pineapples, berries, pinecones, buds, lotus and acorns. Sometimes animals such as a lion are depicted, or fish and dolphins.
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