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A GROUP OF FIVE YIXING POTTERY VESSELS A GROUP OF FIVE YIXING POTTERY DECORATIONS
The first a clear glazed miniature stick neck vase bearing an impressed The first a small square section bamboo-form box bearing a Jingxi
makers mark reading Zisha Yini; the second, a square form brush pot Ren Zhi mark; the second a bowl of inverted bell shape adorned to the
incised to the sides in archaistic calligraphy and stylized landscapes, sides in raised relief floral bands, the underside bearing a Tang Tianru
the underside bearing an impressed makers mark perhaps reading zhi mark; the third a teapot formed of two linked hexagonal ridged
Su Shenglan Zhi; the third and fourth tea canisters of hexagonal chambers adorned in raised relief bat motifs, the underside of the lid
section adorned in floral motifs to the sides; the fifth a hexagonal perhaps reading Ni zhi yin; the fourth a pilgrims’ flask of tall and narrow
wine jar formed of a separately potted interior canister nested within a circular shape impressed to the flat sides with an image of Kuixing
hexagonal heating jar adorned in an baxian motifs, the base impressed and the inscription du zhan ao tou; the fifth, possibly a sugar bowl
with a five petal prunus blossom maker’s mark. unusually potted as a teapot without a spout, adorned in black slip in
9in (23cm) height of largest landscape motifs.
5 3/4 in (14.6cm) height of fourth and tallest
$1,000 - 1,500
$1,000 - 1,500
興 一組
興擺件五件
Two tea canisters similar to those in the present lot were offered as
lots 245 and 246 in Bonhams Hong Kong sale 19621 of 28 November A pilgrim’s flask (there with original lid) of similar form to that of the
2011-- ‘Yixing Stoneware from the Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Hawthorn present lot was offered as lot 255 in Bonhams Hong Kong sale 19621
Collection.’ of 28 November 2011-- ‘Yixing Stoneware from the Mr. & Mrs. Gerard
Hawthorn Collection.’
Please note that this lot is being offered without reserve.
(無底價拍品) Please note that this lot is being offered without reserve.
(無底價拍品)
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