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A GROUP OF FIVE YIXING TEAPOTS
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The group comprises a squat pear-shaped teapot with gilded rims, with an
inscription to the base ending with the characters Meng Chen and a mark to
the cover reading shui ping; a small dark brown speckled melon-form teapot
with lion fnial, impressed with the characters Rong Xiang within a leaf to the
interior of the cover; a greyish-brown teapot incised with prunus branches and
an angular calligraphic inscription; an octagonal teapot moulded with prunus
and birds; and a teapot with stem-form fnial incised with a cursive inscription
and foral spray.
The largest, 6¿ in. (15.5 cm.) wide (5)
£6,000-10,000 $7,900-13,000
€6,700-11,000
PROVENANCE
Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), then by descent within the
family.
清 宜興紫砂茶壺五件

來源: 英國學者詹甯斯(1904-1976)舊藏, 家傳至今
(5)
(marks)

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