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                                A YIXING PEACH-FORM WATER DROPPER, SHUIDI
                                QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
                                The water pot is delicately modelled in the form of a peach growing from a gnarled
                                branch which forms the spout of the vessel. The branch bears two long, curved leaves
                                which flank the circular aperture into which fits the cover which is surmounted by a
                                flower head finial. The interior is playfully decorated with a brown-clay peach pit. The
                                clay is of a sandy tone which is decorated overall with a red-clay spray.
                                3 ƒ in. (9 cm.) wide, box
                                HK$260,000-380,000                              US$34,000-49,000
                                Compare the present lot with a closely related example dated to the Yongzheng
                                period which is slightly smaller (7.2 cm.) in the Qing Court collection illustrated in
                                The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Purple Sandy Ware,
                                Shanghai, 2008, p. 164, pl. 133. See a peach-shaped water dropper with the leaf
                                forming the stand and spout, illustrated ibid., p. 165, pl. 134.


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