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695
A CARVED BISCUIT ‘EIGHT HORSES OF MU
WANG’ BRUSHPOT
SIGNED LI YUCHENG, QING DYNASTY, 19TH
CENTURY
carved in relief with the eight horses either galloping, grazing,
walking or reclining, the base with a Li Yucheng zuo mark
12.5 cm, 4⅞ in.
HK$ 40,000-60,000
US$ 5,200-7,700

Li Yucheng was known to produce distinctive carved
porcelains in the 19th century, often imitating wood, ivory and
bamboo. Two similar brushpots attributed to the same artist
and dated Daoguang period, are illustrated in Tony Miller and
Humphrey Hui, Elegance in Relief—Carved porcelain from
Jingdezhen of the 19th to early 20th centuries, Hong Kong,
2006, pls 32 and 33.
清十九世紀 瓷雕穆王八駿紋筆筒 Mark
《李裕成作》款
695

696

PROPERTY FROM AN OLD HONG KONG COLLECTION
A CAFE-AU-LAIT GLAZED BOWL
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF DAOGUANG
with deep rounded sides supported on a slightly tapered foot,
covered overall save for the base in a café-au-lait glaze of a
rich toffee-brown colour, the glaze thinning to white at the rim,
six-character seal mark
12.6 cm, 5 in.
HK$ 30,000-50,000
US$ 3,850-6,400

696 清道光 醬釉盌
《大清道光年製》款

Mark

697
A GRISAILLE-DECORATED INKSTICK REST
AND A CELADON-GLAZED THREE-PEAK
BRUSHREST
QING DYNASTY, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY

the inkstick rest modelled in the form of a handscroll with
decorative borders simulating brocade, decorated with a
landscape, zhu seal mark; the brushrest covered overall save
for the base in a celadon glaze 697
8.5 and 8.2 cm, 3⅜ and 3¼ in.

HK$ 50,000-70,000
US$ 6,400-9,000
清十八至十九世紀
墨彩山水畫卷式墨床 及 粉青釉三峰筆山

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