A Chinese inscribed yellow Yixing teapot of bamboo form, Republic period (1912-1949), a teapot of yellow clay, simulating bamboo with segments appearing on the body, spout, handle and lid, the lid with relief carved decoration of bamboo leaves beside the handle, the body with incised black and colour filled decoration of archaic and regular script inscriptions and a bird on a branch of plum blossoms. With an impressed seal mark to the inside of the lid reading 'Liansheng', for the potter 'Shi Liansheng (1880-1950), and the incised decoration signed 'Shoushi'., 11.5 cm high, 17 cm wide.