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L A C Q U E R • J A D E • B R O N Z E • I N K T H E R V I N G C O L L E C T I O N 髹金飾玉 - 歐雲伉儷珍藏

825 AN YIXING PRUNUS TREE TRUNK-FORM TEAPOT AND COVER 汪寅仙 梅椿壺
WANG YINXIAN (CHINA, 1943-2018)

Modeled as the gnarled trunk of a prunus tree, with a blossoming branch- 款識：「汪寅仙製」（底）、「汪寅仙製」（內底）、「寅仙」（把）、「寅
form handle, and other small, blossoming branches on the sides, with one 仙」（二鈐）、「汪羊」（蓋）
seal, Yinxian, beneath the handle, the base and the bottom of the interior
來源
each with a square seal, Wang Yinxian zhi (Made by Wang Yinxian), the 歐雲伉儷珍藏，編號57Y。
interior of the cover with one oval seal, Yinxian, one square seal, Wangyang
and one circular seal, Yinxian 汪寅仙（1943-2018年），女，江蘇宜興人。1956年進入宜興紫砂廠，先後隨吳
5æ in. (14.6 cm.) high 雲根、朱可心、裴石民、蔣蓉等諸位名師，更得顧景舟指點，集各派之所長。汪
氏技藝出衆，光貨、筋瓤貨均有相當造詣，尤擅花貨創作。
$60,000-80,000
1994年香港市政局出版《紫砂新品 - 當代宜興茶具精選》中著錄有一把與本
PROVENANCE
The Irving Collection, no. 57Y. 壺十分相似的汪寅仙製梅樁壺，作於1990年，圖錄編號3。

Wang Yinxian (1943-2018), a native of Yixing, Jiangsu province, was a
preeminent female Yixing pottery artist. She specialized in tea pots in
various styles, including plain shapes, those of gourd form, and others of
more complex forms, such as the present example, which showcases her
extraordinary skills.
A very similar prunus trunk-form teapot made by Wang Yinxian in 1990
was published in Selected Works of Contemporary Yixing Potters, Hong
Kong, 1994, no. 3.

(seal on base) (seal on cover) (seal on cover) (seal on exterior)

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