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An Yixing stoneware Gongchun-style
‘wood grain’ teapot and cover
19th/20th century, signed Jiang Anqing
Naturalistically potted in the form of a pumpkin
with burlwood-like crackled textures on the
exterior, flanked by a short spout and opposing
C-shaped handle forked at the lower end, the cover
surmounted by a stem knop, the stoneware of a
greyish-brown tone, the underside of the cover
impressed with a two-character zhuanshu square
seal mark.
18.5cm (7 1/4in) wide (2).

HK$50,000 - 80,000
US$6,400 - 10,000

十九/二十世紀 江案卿款段泥仿供春式樹癭壺
「案卿」篆書印

Jiang Anqing (1886-1953) is a native of Yixing
county. He was known for his teapots with either
simplicity or naturalistic forms during the late 19th
and early 20th centuries.

江案卿（1886-1953），宜興大浦洋渚人，清末民
國著名紫砂藝人，製壺技藝樸素，工藝精簡，惜傳
器不多，常表現淳樸農家的喜悅，製壺工藝嫻熟。

205
An Yixing stoneware ‘hundred-fruit’
teapot and cover
19th century, signed An Ji
Naturalistically moulded as a pomegranate with
a ‘bat-fruit’ handle and lotus-shoot spout, the
skilfully-fitted cover moulded in the form of an
upturned mushroom, the main body decorated
with applied fruits and nuts around the shoulder in
different-coloured clays and slip, including peanuts,
red bean, soy bean sunflower and watermelon
seeds, supported on three feet modelled as a red
date, lychee and ginkgo nut, the stoneware of an
even rich reddish clay, the underside of the spout
impressed with a two-character zhuanshu square
seal mark.
11.8cm (4 5/8in) wide (2).

HK$40,000 - 60,000
US$5,200 - 7,700

十九世紀 安吉款紫泥百果壺
「安吉」篆書印

For an Yixing stoneware ‘hundred fruit’ teapot from
the Qing Court Collection, see Yixing Zisha Wares in
the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2009, p.209, pl.118.
See also another similar example, sold in these
rooms, Yixing Stoneware from the Mr & Mrs Gerard
Hawthorn Collection 28 November 2011, lot 229.

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