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A GROUP OF FIVE YIXING TEAPOTS
The first a peach-form ‘puzzle pot’ potted with branch-form handle
and spout above a raised foot perforated by the single circular aperture
to the base; the second potted in blue clay in very compressed
cylindrical section, the underside impressed to read Zhongguo Yixing;
the third of slightly compressed lobed globular form beneath a fitted
sunken domical lid, the underside bearing a maker’s mark reading
Juqiu; the fourth of bulging rectangular shape bearing an impressed
makers mark to the underside of the base reading Xiao Sifang and to
the underside of the lid reading Zhong Xinhua; the fifth of compressed
globular shape adorned in a decorative repeating applique band to the
shoulders, the underside impressed to read Zhongguo Yixing.
7 1/2in (9cm) width of first o er handles

$1,000 - 1,500

興 五只

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A GROUP OF FIVE YIXING VESSELS
The first of sandy hue potted in ovoid shape in eight pointed star
section, the underside bearing a maker’s mark reading Wu Jianming
zhi; the second of lobed compressed globular form, the fitted
lid enclosing six separately-potted ‘lotus-seeds’ and bearing an
impressed maker’s mark to the underside reading Xu Huiying; the third
of elaborate construction consisting of a finial rendered as a huddled
immortal above a double gourd body bisected to the interior by a tea
leaf-straining mesh, the underside bearing a maker’s mark reading
Jiang Jianxiang; the fourth a small cylindrical canister supporting
bamboo form handles to the side and lid, the underside impressed
Zhongguo Qinzhou; the fifth of pear-shape adorned in incised
calligraphy and molded prunus blossoms, the underside bearing a
maker’s mark reading Qian Xiaozhen zhi.
7in (18cm) width of second and largest o er handles

$1,000 - 1,500

興 五件

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A GROUP OF THREE YIXING TEAPOTS
The first a miniature teapot of reddish clay potted in compressed
globular section, incised to the base to bear a Mengchen signature
and bearing an impressed gongju mark to the interior lid; the second of
sandy purple clay potted in tall cylindrical section bearing an impressed
Yang Pengnian mark to the underside; the third of blackish purple
clay potted in slightly compressed globular shape supported by metal
handles and impressed yixing zisha to the lid and bearing a fancifully
stylized maker’s mark to the underside perhaps also reading Yixing.
6 1/2in (16.5cm) height of second and tallest

$800 - 1,200

興 三只

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

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