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AN INSCRIBED YIXING RECTANGULAR TEAPOT
SIGNED SHENXI, DAOGUANG-XIANFENG PERIOD (1820-1861)
The teapot is impressed on one side with four characters reading
‘first year of Chiwu reign’, the other side incised with prunus
branches. The base is impressed with a four-character seal which
can be translated as ‘ripe tea, fragrant and warm’. The underside of
the cover is impressed with the maker’s seal Shenxi.
5 √ in. (14.9 cm.) high, box
HK$80,000-120,000 US$11,000-15,000

清道光/咸豐 申錫製宜興段泥磚文「赤烏元年」方壺
款識
申錫、茶熟香溫

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A DATED ‘ONE-HUNDRED-SCHOLAR’ INK CAKE
WANLI JIHAI CYCLICAL YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1599 AND OF THE
PERIOD
The circular ink cake is moulded on each side with scholars engaging
in leisurely pursuits. One side bears a seal reading wuzhu ju. Both
sides are highlighted with red, blue, green and gilt pigments. One
narrow side is moulded with Wanli jihai nian Wu Shenbo zhi,
translated as ‘Made by Wu Shenbo in the twenty-seventh year of
Wanli’, and the other side Xiti jin zhi shengxing, ‘Pleasurable interest
in the gold splashes of Xiti’.
5 ¬ in. (14.2 cm.) diam., Japanese paulownia wood box
HK$80,000-120,000 US$11,000-15,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of Tsuyoshi Inukai (1855-1932), a Japanese politician
Kochukyo, Tokyo
A Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1930s
Wu Shenbo (studio name: Wuzhuju) was an ink cake maker active during
Wanli period (1573-1620).

明萬曆己亥年（1599） 吳申伯製百老圖圓墨 「梧竹居」
款「谿提金汁勝興」款
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來源
日本政治家犬養毅（1855-1932）
壺中居，東京
日本私人珍藏，於1930年代入藏
德川美術館館藏一例明代吳申伯製百老圖墨，載於《德川美術館藏古墨》，
京都，1991年，圖版62。另有尹潤生故藏一例，載於《四家藏墨圖錄》，
上海，2006年，頁128-129。關於吳申伯及其作品之討論，可參見王儷閻與
蘇強著《明清徽墨研究》，上海，2007年，頁95，圖版4.45號。

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