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An Yixing stoneware ‘peach’ cup
198 18th century, signed Wang Zhiyuan
178 | Bonhams The finely-potted cup in the form of a half peach, smoothly finished in
the interior and supported on a gnarled branch coiling under the cup
and extending up one side, dividing into two flowing prunus stems
comprising the handle of the vessel, moulded with luxuriant leaves and
a blossoming flower, the stoneware of an oatmeal tone with rich red
splashes at the tip of the fruit, the underside of the stem handle with
two one-character zhuanshu square and circular seal marks.
10.6cm (4 1/8in) wide

HK$60,000 - 80,000
US$7,700 - 10,000

十八世紀 王志遠款段泥紅彩桃杯
「王」篆文圓印
「志遠」篆文方印

Compare a closely-related but unmarked Yixing stoneware peach-
shaped cup, illustrated by T.T.Bartholomew, I-Hsing Ware, New York,
1977, p.70, pl.45. See also another related example illustrated by
Moss, Emperor, Scholar, Artisan, Monk, London, 1984, p.200, pl.67.
A similar peach-shaped cup formerly in the Hawthorn Collection was
sold in these rooms, Yixing Stoneware from the Mr & Mrs Gerard
Hawthorn Collection, 28 November 2011, lot 240.

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An Yixing stoneware ‘tree-trunk’ wall vase
Xianfeng/Tongzhi, signed Hao Da
Naturalistically fired to resemble a section of a pine trunk, the domed
flat-backed body rising from a three-legged base, the exterior incised
and moulded with fine and realistic textures with a squirrel feeding on
acorns issuing from a gnarled branch in high relief, the base with a
two-character kaishu mark. 14.9cm (5 7/8in) high

HK$30,000 - 40,000
US$3,900 - 5,200

清咸豐/同治 郝大款紫泥松樁壁瓶

Compare a related Yixing stoneware wall vase in the form of a pine
trunk signed Yang Pengnian, previously in the Wellington Wang
collection and illustrated by Ho Chien, Purple Clay. Wellington
Wang’s Collection of Yixing Wares, Taipei, 1993, p.188, which was
subsequently sold in these rooms, 28 November 2011, lot 513.