A CHINESE YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER 20TH CENTURY The body formed as a compressed rounded square, set with a curved spout and a loop handle, the exterior incised with many lines of shou characters, the base impressed with a mark for Gu Jingzhou, with marks reading Gu and Jingzhou to the inside of the cover, 16.6cm. (2) Provenance: purchased from an English private collection, Surrey, formed prior to 1980.