20th century|Comprising: a 'bamboo' teapot and cover and three matching cups decorated with incised seal script and caoshu calligraphy, the teapot with impressed mark [Yixing Chupin - Tangdu Taoye Shengchan Hezuoshe], the cups with impressed two-character seal marks; a compressed shaped teapot and cover, with incised prunus and calligraphy, the base with impressed seal mark [Zhongguo Yixing]; a further teapot with incised floral designs and calligraphy, the base with incised mark [Yuan Ru Jian Zhi]; and a small pear-shaped teapot with bamboo finial, decorated with an incised poem in a band beneath the rim, the base with an impressed four-character seal mark [XX Mei Hu]; together with a cylindrical brown leather caddie, decorated with incised chrysanthemum and a long calligraphic inscription.|The largest: 20cm (7 7/8in) wide. (13).|Provenance: the pear-shaped teapot purchased from Lorenz Denney, Collector's Corner, Portobello road, on 26 January 195 (receipt).