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           A GROUP OF SIX YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS          TWO YIXING TEAPOTS AND COVERS
           19th/20th century                                 19th/20th century
           Comprising: a tall cylindrical vessel, impressed seal to base ‘董府翰  One of compressed rounded form, with a highly polished surface of
           林 Dongfu hanlin’ and signed to cover interior ‘上富 Shangfu’; a plain   chocolate brown tone, with gilt metal mounts, incised inscription to
           vessel with upright branch handle, seal to cover interior; another of   the base reading ‘一色杏花紅十里 逸公製 Yise xinghua hong shili
           similar form inscribed to the exterior, seal to cover interior ‘石溪 Shixi’   Yigongzhi’; and a lobed gourd-form vessel of compressed form
           and to base ‘南林監製 Nanlin jianzhi’; a vessel with moulded branch   with branch handle and square section curved spout, incised two-
           form finial, spout and handle, seal to cover interior’景洲 Jingzhou’ and  character mark to the cover interior reading ‘曉華 Xiao hua’ and four-
           to base ‘顧景洲制 Gujingzhou zhi’; an inscribed drum form vessel,   character seal to the base reading ‘中國宜興 Zhongguo yixing’.
           signed ‘彭年 Pengnian’ and seal mark to base; and a compressed   14.5cm (5.3/4in) and 16.2cm (6.3/8in) across the spout and handle
           form teapot inscribed to the exterior, replacement wood cover.   (4).
           The tallest 16cm (6.1/4in) high. (12).
                                                             £800 - 1,200
           £2,000 - 3,000                                    HK$7,800 - 12,000
           HK$20,000 - 29,000                                CNY7,100 - 11,000
           CNY18,000 - 27,000
                                                             Provenance
           Provenance                                        Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), Singapore, and thence by
           Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), Singapore, and thence by   descent
           descent
           The compressed vessel with wood cover: Purchased from 李步鳴
           LiBuming, 16 October 1971.
           The tall cylindrical vessel: Exhibition sale at Hotel Shangri-la on 14
           May 1978
           The darker upright handle vessel: Exhibition sale at Hotel Shangri-la
           on 14 May 1978
           The pale upright handle vessel: Exhibition sale at Hotel Shangri-la on
           14 May 1978


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