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AN IMITATION-JUN GLAZED POTTERY MODEL OF A DUCK AN ENAMELLED YIXING STONEWARE TEAPOT AND COVER
Late Qing/Republic Daoguang, signed Xu Hengmao
The recumbent bird modelled with the head turned to the left and With curved sides rising to a short neck and overhanging rim, set
wings tucked over its back, applied with a sky-blue glaze. 18.5cm (7 with a curved spout opposite a C-shaped handle, enamelled on
1/4in) long either side with a mountainous landscape scene, the base with an
impressed four-character seal mark.
£600 - 800 12cm (4 3/4in) high (2).
HK$5,800 - 7,800
CNY5,100 - 6,800 £600 - 800
HK$5,800 - 7,800
A closely related example is in the Sir Percival David Foundation of CNY5,100 - 6,800
Chinese Art, no. PDF A85.
Provenance
551 English private collection, acquired in the 1980s and 1990s.
TWO PORCELAIN MODELS OF DUCKS
20th century 553
Each well proportioned, moulded in detail to denote the plumage, A YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER
covered in a brown glaze, with yellow beak and feet, seated on Qing Dynasty, signed Yang Pengnian
green-glazed textured base. The pale beige compressed globular body supported on rounded
30.5cm (12in) high (2). conical tripod feet, the body with a wide dark purplish-brown band
impressed with key-scroll patterns, the loop handle with a chi dragon
£800 - 1,200 modelled clambering over it, opposite a spout naturalistically formed
HK$7,800 - 12,000 as a beast head with open mouth, the cover with a finial modelled as
CNY6,800 - 10,000 a coiled chilong, the base with a four character impressed seal mark.
9cm (3 1/2in) high (2).
£600 - 800
HK$5,800 - 7,800
CNY5,100 - 6,800
Provenance
English private collection, acquired in the 1980s and 1990s.
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