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AN YIXING TREE TRUNK-FORM VESSEL; TOGETHER WITH AN YIXING ‘HUNDRED-FRUIT’TEAPOT AND COVER
AN YIXING WASHER 19th/early 20th century
Qing Dynasty Raised on three nut and lotus pod feet, the body applied with a
The first realistically modelled as a gnarled tree section, incised variety of fruit and nuts, with mushroom form cover, gourd spout and
character to the exterior and seal mark to the base reading - Fuxing water chestnut-form handle, two-character seal to the cover interior
company of Pingding seal mark ‘復興公司’; the washer raised on reading ‘品泉 Pin quan’.
three short feet, also modelled as a trunk section, four-line inscribed 17.5cm (6.7/8in) wide across the spout and handle. (2).
seal to the base reading ‘直隸順天府通州奉商部獎牌楊氏自專 Zhili
shuntianfu tongzhou fengshangbu jianpai yangshizizhuan’, fitted box. £800 - 1,200
6cm (2.3/8in) high and 13cm (5.1/8in) diam. (3). HK$7,800 - 12,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$9,800 - 15,000 Provenance
CNY8,900 - 13,000 Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), Singapore, and thence by
descent
Provenance
Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), Singapore, and thence by
descent
The washer: Purchased from 李步鳴 Li Buming, 28 September 1972.
The trunk form vessel: Purchased from Exhibition sale Shangri-la 14
May 1978 (notes)

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