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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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