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5060 A SET OF CARVED BAMBOO PIECES FOR SENCHA
Japan, Meiji (1868–1912) or Taisho (1912–1926) era, late
5061 19th–early 20th century
Comprising five cups and saucers, a kyūsu (side-handled teapot),
34 | BONHAMS and a hot-water ewer, each cup and each saucer signed on the
underside with a mark
Ewer: 4 1/4in (10.7cm) wide; teapot: 3 1/2in (8.9cm) wide; cups:
2 3/8in (6.1cm) approx. diameter; saucers 3 3/4in (9.5cm) approx.
diameter
US$5,000 - 7,000
5060
A YIXING 宜興 TEAPOT WITH THE MANSHENG QINGWAN
曼生清玩 MARK
China, Qing dynasty (1644–1912), late 19th–early 20th century
The brown stoneware body delicately cast and incised with a relief
landscape and a verse by the late Tang-dynasty poet Sima Zha 司馬
扎: Songjian kai yijing qiucao zi xiangyi zhongri bu guandai kongshan
wu shifei 松間開弌徑秋草自相依終日不冠带空山無是非 (A single
path opens up between the pines, the autumn grasses lean upon
each other; I pass the whole day without donning my official robes:
in the empty mountains there is no “right” or “wrong”), followed by a
seal Mansheng qingwan 曼生清玩
3 3/8in (8.6cm) high; 6 3/8in (16.2cm) wide
US$800 - 1,200
5061
A YIXING 宜興 TEAPOT
China, Qing dynasty (1644–1912), late 19th–early 20th century
The rectangular vessel decorated in high relief with Fenggan 豊干
leaning on his tiger companion on a rocky slope beneath a pine tree,
the cover with a lingzhi fungus finial, a four-character seal on the
underside
4 3/8in (11.cm) × 6 5/8in (16.8cm)
US$800 - 1,200
