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VARIOUS PROPERTIES 㖍㛔䤆㇞䥩Ṣ䍵啷炻ℍ啷㕤1930⸜ẋ

3307 㬌勞⢢忈✳漸⣏炻⢢幓ᶨ朊ẍ勱㚠⇣娑㔯⍲ˬ䓐⌧˭㫦ˤ
ˬ䓐⌧˭炻Ṏ⌛㖶ẋ叿⎵⭄冰昞ⶍ昛䓐⌧炻℞㳣帵㕤㘂㖶⣑
A VERY RARE LARGE INSCRIBED YIXING TEA POT ┇军ⲯ䤶⸜攻炻⬀ᶾ⑩䁢㔠ᶵ⣂ˤ昛䓐⌧䘬桐㟤䌐㧡ᶨ⸇炻
⼨⼨ᶵ⛐⸽悐侴⛐⢢儡ᶳ㫦炻侴ᶼ㍉䓐勱㚠↨㱽炻冯ᶨ凔昞
SIGNED CHEN YONGQING, LATE MING PERIOD 喅⭞╄䓐䘬㤟㚠橼㇒䃞ᶵ⎴炻嵛夳℞䌐⇘桐橐ˤ

The tea pot is sturdily potted with gently rounded sides, a slender 楁㷗勞℟㔯䈑棐啷ᶨẞ忈⼊ˣ墅梦ˣ⯢⮠ᾙ⣏农䚠⎴䘬䳓䞪
curved spout and C-shaped handle, incised on the body with ⢢炻⎴㧋⇣ˬ䓐⌧˭㫦炻ょ㚠ᶵ⎴䘬勱㚠娑⎍炻㓞抬⛐㔯䈑
a poetic inscription in cursive script and a Yongqing signature, 棐䵚枩ᷕˤ
divided by two horizontal raised bands. The domed cover is
decorated with a band of raised ruyi-heads, surmounted by a
reticulated bud finial pierced with coin patterns.
11 in. (28 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese wood box

HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-160,000

PROVENANCE

A Japanese private collection, Kobe, acquired circa 1930s

The signature Yongqing on this tea pot refers to Chen Yongqing,
a renowned potter of Yixing wares active during the Tianqi and
Chongzhen periods. It is extremely rare to find extant Yixing tea wares
by Chen Yongqing, and tea pots of such large size. The individualistic
spirit of Chen Yongqing can be discerned through the cursive script
incised on the current tea pot, as inscriptions in regular script are
much more commonly seen amongst Yixing wares.

A Yixing tea pot of almost identical shape, size and design, also
bearing a Yongqing signature but with a different poetic inscription
in cursive script, is in the Hong Kong Flagstaff House Museum of Tea
Ware, illustrated on the museum webpage.

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