Page 56 - Bonhams Chinese and Himalayan Paintings June 2016

YIXING POTTERY FROM THE MONTEREY
MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT
THE MUSEUM FUNDS; ACQUIRED BY
THE MUSEUM IN 1993

8091
A LARGE POLYCHROME ENAMELED
YIXING POTTERY TEAPOT
Of compressed globular shape supporting
a massive handle and spout separated by
the fitted domical lid below a large finial, the
exteriors covered in colorful concentric bands
of predominantly green and blue, the latter
covered in a continuous white-slip landscape
and lengthy inscription bearing a Jiayin date
(possibly equivalent to 1914 or 1854) and an
artist’s signature reading Jingxi Shanren; the
underside impressed Jingxi as well as bearing
an unidentified artist’s seal.
13in (33cm) length over handles

$2,000 - 3,000

興彩 紋「 」年款 「

人」刻款 「 」印款

8091 A smaller polychrome enameled teapot dated
to the Qianlong period also bearing a Shanren
8092 signature to the inscription on the side was
54 | BONHAMS offered as lot 3222 in China Guardian’s Beijing
sale BJ773 of 21 May 2011-- ‘Zini Qingying—
Zisha Guqi Huizhen [300 Years of Yixing
Pottery].

Please note that this lot is being offered
without reserve.
(無底價拍品)

8092
AN YIXING POTTERY PLATE WITH
ENAMELED DECORATION
The wide and flat interior surfaces depicting
three birds clutching a gnarled pine tree
upon a white enamel ground beside a poetic
inscription bearing a signature perhaps
reading Yiran Xuan zhu and bearing a red
artist seal perhaps reading Bei yan, raised
upon a foot ring encircling the white enameled
recessed base.
14in (35.5cm) diameter

$800 - 1,200

興彩 「 主」「
」款

The signature and seal could perhaps identify
the artist as Shao Yunru (1888-1937), one
of many in the illustrious line of Shao family
Yixing ceramicists.

Please note that this lot is being offered
without reserve.
(無底價拍品)