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62. A B A m B o o-f o r m y i x i n g t e A p o t A n d C ov e r
Qing Dynasty, Late 19th-Early 20th Century

modelled as a nodule of bamboo, the short tapered spout and loop handle also modelled as bamboo
and the well-fitted cover with bamboo-stalk loop finial sprouting small leaves, the purplish-brown clay
with attractive dark patination; the seal inside the cover may be read as Jing’an (靜安); the seal on the
base may be read as Fan zhuang nong jia (范莊農家).
Width 7 inches (17.8 cm)
Height 3 /8 inches (8.6 cm)
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Provenance Private Collection, New York
The seal inside the cover records the potter’s name: Jing’an. The seal on the base indicates that the potter is a member of the
Fan family.
A Yixing teapot of the same form bearing the same two impressed seal marks and dated to 1903 by a carved inscription
around the waist is illustrated by Tam, K.S. Lo Collection in the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, Part 2, Hong Kong, 1984,
p. 96, no. 68.

清 《范靜安》宜興朱泥竹節式茶壺 寬 17.8 厘米 高 8.6 厘米