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A YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER WITH                  A PEWTER-ENCASED YIXING TEAPOT                 AN YIXING STONEWARE RECTANGULAR
APPLIED DECORATION                              AND COVER                                      ‘PRUNUS’ BRUSHPOT
Early Qing Dynasty                              The pottery stamped Fan Luzeng, the pewter     Qing Dynasty
The globular body with applied moulded          signed Zhi An, cyclically dated 3rd month of   The vessel skilfully incised to two facets with
decoration of stylised dragons and floral       wuxu year (corresponding to April 1838)        prunus branches, the other sides with cursive
sprays, flanked with a loop handle and a short  Of double-gourd form, flanked with a jade      inscriptions, the base with a four-character
spout, the lid with a large Buddhist lion and   loop handle and spout, the front incised with  impressed mark.
cub finial with a loose brocade ball            a bamboo spray, the reverse with an eight-     10.8cm (4 1/4in) high
23cm (9in) wide (2).                            character poem, raised on bracket feet, and
                                                topped with a flat lid with square jade knop.  £800 - 1,200
£1,000 - 1,500                                  14cm (5 1/2in) wide (2).                       CNY6,900 - 10,000	 HK$8,000 - 12,000
CNY8,600 - 13,000	 HK$10,000 - 15,000
                                                £1,000 - 1,500
                                                CNY8,600 - 13,000	 HK$10,000 - 15,000

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