清十八 / 十九世紀 灰青玉羊首茶壺

deftly carved with a compressed globular body supported on a raised footring, set with the spout in the form of a ram's head with long ridged horns extending each side of the head, opposite a loop handle detailed with a ruyi strap, the shoulders picked out with two smaller ram's heads, the tightly fit domed cover surmounted by a circular knob formed of swirling clouds enshrouding a central whorl, the beige stone with golden and olive highlights heightened by a smooth polish