Zisha Teapot with Landscape in Gold and Yang Pengnian’s Signiture, Yixing Ware

Yixing kiln is located in Yixing, Jiangsu province One side of the teapot bears a gold painting of a pavilion in a rocky forest with a four-character inscription that translates, “Two mountain peaks pierce the clouds”. The other side also bears an inscription that translates to “All life-long loving tea drinking”. This teapot was made in the Jiaqing era as a collaboration between the famous teapot makers, the Yang siblings, and the famous calligrapher Chen Mansheng (1768-1822).