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A GILT-DECORATED YIXING CLAY TEAPOT AND COVER AN YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER
By Pan Zhimao, Daoguang 18th century
The cylindrical pot embellished with shou characters and archaic seal Of square section, carved with roundels of birds amongst blossoming
script characters, flanked with a loop handle and straight spout, the prunus branches, the reticulated cover with further prunus blossom,
flat cover with floral motifs, the inside with a stamped two-character seal mark to base jingxi hua feng xiang zhi. 12cm (4 3/4in) high
mark. 10.5cm (4 1/8in) high (2).
£1,500 - 2,000
£800 - 1,200 HK$16,000 - 21,000
HK$8,300 - 12,000 CNY13,000 - 18,000
CNY7,100 - 11,000
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The Property of a Gentleman A SLIP DECORATED CYLINDRICAL YIXING VASE AND COVER
Qing Dynasty
Provenance: A distinguished Italian private collection formed circa Potted from brick red clay, decorated with a retreat in a pine-strewn
1930s-1940s, and thence by descent rocky landscape, the cover with a scrolling foliate band.
16.5cm (6 1/2in) high. (2).
The important Italian collector lived and worked in Shanghai between
1932 and 1936, as representative of his Italian company and in
1937, following the Sino-Japanese war, was transferred to Dalian in £2,000 - 3,000
Southern Manchuria. After a brief period spent in Italy in 1938, he HK$21,000 - 31,000
returned to Shanghai where he lived between 1939 and 1940. He CNY18,000 - 26,000
then moved to Beijing where he lived between 1941 and 1946 and
formed the vast majority of his collection of Chinese Art.

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