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TWO YIXING POTTERY TEAPOTS
8116 The first of extremely smoothly polished dark clay potted
66 | BONHAMS in compressed globular shape supporting a conical lid
and curved spout and handle, the sides incised in poetic
couplets bearing a bingzi nian year (equivalent to 1936
or 1876) and a maker’s mark reading Yangxian zisha; the
second of irregular ovoid shape supporting a fitted lid and
incised in calligraphic inscriptions and floral sprigs, the
underside bearing a Yang Pengnian mark.
7 1/2in (19cm) width of first o er handles

$1,000 - 1,500

興只

The exterior of both pots have an unusually smooth
patina and a remarkable tactile allure, perhaps indicating
a long history of being treasured by collectors. Numerous
examples of pots bearing the marks of Daoguang era
ceramicist Yang Pengnian are featured in The Bei Shan
Legacy: Yixing Zisha Stoneware [Beishan Jigu: Yixing
Zisha] (Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong,
2015), specifically no 20-33, pp.114-144.

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

8116
A GROUP OF SIX YIXING POTTERY TEAPOTS
The first of rounded cylindrical section supporting a leaf
form lid and gnarled stem shaped handle and spout,
the sides adorned in calligraphic inscription opposing
an incised landscape; the second of cylindrical shape
surrounded by ridged edges and supporting bamboo-
form handles and spouts separated by a taiji and
trigram design lid, the underside impressed OTC MA
IN C INA; the third of cylindrical shape surrounding a
nested interior tealeaf canister, the underside impressed
with a square prunus blossom cartouche; the fourth
of cylindrical shape incised in prunus blossoms and
inscriptions below a lid adorned in separately potted
rings encircling the handle finial; the fifth of compressed
cylindrical shape adorned to the sides in inscriptions and
floral sprigs, the underside bearing an impressed makers’
mark reading Wanfeng Shunji; the sixth of gnarled
treetrunk form supported by a twisted branch handle
and adorned in molded squirrel and grape motifs, the
underside of the lid bearing a maker’s mark reading Liu
Shan and the base impressed Yixing Zisha.
8in (20.3) width of fifth o er handles

$1,000 - 1,500

興 六只

The inscriptions adorning the first and the fifth pots bear
the signature of what appears to be the same artist.

The second teapot is of similar form to lot 3284 of China
Guardian Beijing’ sale BJ773 of 21 May 2011-- ‘Zini
Qingying—Zisha Guqi Huizhen [300 Years of Yixing
Pottery]. The guardian teapot was offered as by the hand
of Fan Dasheng (1874-1942).

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