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THE COLLECTION OF EILEEN AND I.M. PEI
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2831

A GROUP OF FOUR YIXING TEA WARES ̤ڊˡ☹ ೞ⧂♟⊐⪱Քौͭ
20TH CENTURY
ࣇ᪪厍 㚰ዃ⵰ㅳ卻ഌ㫀ℱ೭卼
The group includes a teapot and cover of compressed rounded
ԋஇ໺⯞ 卻Ꮣ⭬೭卼
form, with the seal mark Zhongguo Yixing (China, Yixing) to
ӳᱡࢷ⁒㱦ㅻㅳ卻≒ᅴ೭卼
the teapot's base, an illegible oval seal mark to the interior of the
cover, and tea leaves remaining inside the teapot; a larger rounded 㠺ᙔ卻≒ᅴ೭卼厍 ᢐⱤӬ≒ែ㨌ᑋ㚉
teapot and cover raised on three short tapered feet, decorated
⇂⯹ݎ⊂᳖⅊
to the sides with prunus sprays and an inscription in praise of
⒢᥏ㅳ
prunus followed by the signature Shimei, with a seal mark reading
Shanghai bowuguan fuzhi (copy by the Shanghai Museum) to the
ϝᬝ
base; a smaller rounded teapot and cover with a plain raised band
encircling the exterior and dotted archaistic designs to the spout, ⳍ⧉厍㪀ᇖॶ卻 卼㐩
handle and cover handle, the base with the seal of Shao Huiping;
and a plain ovoid tea caddy.
Tea caddy: 5Õ/”ÿ in. (13.6 cm.) high, boxes (4)
HK$50,000-80,000 US$6,500-10,000
PROVENANCE
Tea caddy: gift from Chen Congzhou (1918-2000)
Zhu Shimei, also known as Zhu Jian, was a scholar-connoisseur active
during the early 19th century. A pewter-encased Yixing teapot with the
seal of Yang Pengnian and an inscription ending with the signature
Shimei to one side, from the K.S. Lo Collection, is illustrated in The Art
of the Yixing Potter: The K.S. Lo Collection, Flagstaff House Museum of
Tea Ware, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 164, no. 51.

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