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648
AN YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER
Signed Yong Yong, 19th century
The square-section body flanked with an
s-shaped spout and loop handle moulded
naturalistically as bamboo sections, the
domed lid with applied moulded bamboo
stemming from a square knop, one side with
a five-line inscription, signed and with two
impressed seals. 23cm (9in) wide across the
handle and spout. (2). 648

£800 - 1,200
CNY7,100 - 11,000
HK$8,800 - 13,000
649
AN YIXING ‘PEACH’ CUP
After Xiang Shengsi, 19th or 20th century
The deep bowl with a finely moulded and
carved leafy prunus and peach tree branch
to the exterior forming the handle and base,
with impressed two-character mark to base.
13.5cm (5 1/4in) high
£600 - 800
CNY5,300 - 7,100
HK$6,600 - 8,800
649
650
AN YIXING ENAMELLED JAR
19th century
The brown body brightly enamelled in tones
of lime green, white, puce and turquoise with
several registers of decoration, including
a central band of white-outlined, shaped
medallions enclosing alternately floral designs
and poems on a bright blue ground, with
robin’s egg bands above and below.
14cm (5 1/2in) high
£600 - 800
CNY5,300 - 7,100
HK$6,600 - 8,800

651
A RARE SLIP-DECORATED YIXING
FIGURE OF BUDAI
17th century
The figure of Maitreya, or the future Buddha, 650
modelled seated at ease wearing loose robes,
the right arm leaning on a sack, the face with
a laughing expression, wood stand. 16.5cm
(6 1/2in) wide (2).

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
HK$16,000 - 22,000

For a similar figure of Budai, dated to the Ming
Dynasty, see Christie’s Hong Kong, 2 October
2017, lot 184.

651

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