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An Yixing stoneware tea canister and cover
204 Early Qing dynasty
6 | Bonhams Of tapering hexagonal form supported on six short bracket feet, each
of the tall vertical panels decorated with raised and impressed designs
of branches of luxuriant prunus reserved against a diaper ground, the
shoulder impressed with a keyfret collar, the slightly domed upper
surface of the cover impressed with prunus, the stoneware of a dark
purplish-brown.
17.8cm high. (2).
HK$20,000 - 30,000
US$2,600 - 3,900

For a closely related, but larger tea canister and cover, see K.S.Lo, The
Stonewares of Yixing from the Ming Period to the Present Day, Hong
Kong, 1986, p. 242, plate 172, where it is described as being a tea
canister made for export.

清早期 紫泥印花六方茶葉罐

六方茶罐成六方形，平肩，直腹，方足。肩上印有回紋一行，腹部每面
飾有相同的錦地拆技花卉紋；蓋成圓柱形，中央為銅錢紋，周邊襯托著
不同花卉，外以繩索紋繩一圈，十分規整。

羅桂祥先生的私人收藏中，也有一件六方茶罐，形製及花紋都很類近，
見K.S.Lo, The Stonewares of Yixing from the Ming Period to the Present
Day, Hong Kong, 1986, p. 242, plate 172.

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An Yixing stoneware famille rose wall vase
Mid Qing dynasty
Of baluster section, the gently curved front side enamelled in a vivid
palette with flowering branches issuing from rockwork, the flattened
reverse undecorated, the interior pierced with a circular hole below the
rim for hanging, the stoneware of a rich mottled purple-brown colour.
16cm high.
HK$8,000 - 10,000
US$1,000 - 1,300

清中期 紫泥粉彩花卉掛瓶

掛瓶呈撇口，長頸，圓扁，下腹收窄，足圈向外撇。上繪粉彩岸邊花
卉，包括牡丹、竹葉、玉蘭等，配合前景的石塊，成一幅完整的花卉
圖。泥色深紫，粉彩色彩艷麗，成鮮明對比。