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AN YIXING MODEL OF A MYTHICAL BEAST 清乾隆 宜興紫砂小異獸
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The animated beast is naturalistically modelled in a crouching position with its
bushy tail ficked over its haunches. It has piercing black eyes, barred teeth and 來源:
white fangs and its fur is fnely detailed with incised lines. Its claws are picked
out in white and the stoneware is of a pale brown colour. 香港邦瀚斯2011年11月28日《好善簃珍藏宜興紫砂》拍賣,
2⅜ in. (6 cm.) high
拍品207
£8,000-12,000 US$11,000-16,000
€9,300-14,000 貴族私人珍藏
PROVENANCE:
Yixing Stoneware from the Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Hawthorn Collection; Bonhams
Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 207.
Property from a Princely Collection.
The current lot may be compared to an Yixing stoneware mythical beast
dated to the Qianlong period in the Palace Museum and recorded as being
in the Qing court collection, illustrated in Yixing Zisha Wares in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, 2009, p.234, pl.143.

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