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Yixing stoneware from the Mr and Mrs Gerard Hawthorn
collection (lots 201-208)

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An Yixing stoneware jar and a cover
Late Ming dynasty/early Qing dynasty
Of waisted globular form, the slightly splayed foot resting on a raised
foot, the stoneware of a rich mottled purplish-brown, the associated
cover of elegant domed form, the base with a square prunus mark.
10.5cm high. (2).
HK$8,000 - 12,000
US$1,000 - 1,500

A related Yixing stoneware jar dated to the Ming dynasty, excavated at
Taizhou, Jiangsu in September 1986 is illustrated in Yixing Purple Clay
Ware, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 64, pl. 12.

明末清初 紫泥茶罐

此罐直口，圓肩鼓腹，往下收窄，近底處再微微往外撇；蓋子成扁拱
狀，底鈐梅花肖像印一方。

江蘇泰州塘沿河大隊曾出土一件明代蓋罐，造型及氣質皆與本罐類近， 201
見梁白泉主編:《宜興紫砂》，1990，頁64，圖版12。

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An Yixing stoneware flask and a cover
Early Qing dynasty
Of flattened circular form, supported on a short ovoid foot, applied with
a short curved spout and four small circular loops for carrying the vessel,
applied on each side with a stylised floral motif within a recessed circular
medallion, with a flattened domed cover, attached string, the stoneware
of a rich plum-brown colour.
16.5cm high. (2).
HK$10,000 - 15,000
US$1,300 - 1,900

For an inscribed Yixing stoneware flask in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
dated to the Yongzheng reign, see Yixing Zisha Wares in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, 2009, p.240, pl. 147.

清早期 紫泥花卉紋背壺

壺小口，短頸，扁圓腹，橢圓形足圈，配合拱形圓蓋。腹兩側上下共有
四帶系，肩位有小壺嘴。壺身模印有開光花卉紋，造型簡單。

背壺，又稱馬挂瓶，造型源於游牧民族在馬上使用的穿帶水壺，故宮博
物院舊藏中便有一件四系詩句背壺，屬雍正年器，見北京故宮博物院:
《故宮博物院藏宜興紫砂》，頁240，圖版147。據同書記載，清宮造
辦處雍正六年檔案中，便有宜興窯馬挂瓶的記載。

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