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A SMALL MIRROR-BLACK-GLAZED DOUBLE-
GOURD VASE
Kangxi
The compressed globular lower bulb rising to a
smaller bulb, evenly applied overall with a lustrous
deep-black glaze thinning at the neck, the interior
and recessed base glazed white.
9.5cm (3 3/4in) high.

£600 - 800
CNY5,400 - 7,200
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

清康熙 烏金釉葫蘆形小瓶

See a related vase, Kangxi, illustrated in the
Oriental Ceramic Society Exhibition, The World in
Monochromes, London, 2009, no.253.

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AN YIXING DOUBLE-GOURD WALL VASE
Signed Pengnian, Qing Dynasty
Of double-gourd form above the foot imitating a
wooden stand, with a simulated bow tied around
the waist, inscribed with nine characters and
‘Pengnian’ signature in the upper section, the
reverse impressed with a ‘Pengnian’ seal mark, box.
14.5cm (5 7/8in) high. (2).
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£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

清 紫泥葫蘆形掛瓶
「彭年」篆書模款

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger
Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2002,
no.71
出版著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，
倫敦，2002年，編號71

The inscription reads:
「作葫蘆，悅親戚之情話。彭年」
which may be translated as:
‘This gourd was made, to entertain and bring joy
your relatives. By Pengnian’

Yang Pengnian came from a family of potters
and carried out many commissions for patrons.
According to K.S.Lo in The Stonewares of Yixing:
From the Ming Period to the Present Day, London,
1986, p.18, ‘Yang Pengnian was without doubt
the finest potter of Yixing wares of the nineteenth
century’. For examples of his teapots, see ibid.,
pls.34, 36-37 and 39-42.

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