Page 61 - Bonhams Chinese and Himalayan Paintings June 2016

8100
TWO YIXING POTTERY VESSELS
TIEHUA XUAN STUDIOS
The first, of light sandy hue potted in irregularly
globular section, incised to the sides in a branch of
prunus blossoms opposed by a poetic inscription
bearing the makers’ mark Tiehua Xuan ke; the
second of darker hue, potted in tall tapered
cylindrical section, the sides incised in a fancifully
archaistic Jiaping wu nian date (equivalent to 253
or 412CE) and bearing an inscribed signature
reading Tiehua Xuan Zhuren Bing Ke, the
underside bearing an impressed makers mark
reading Fangxue Shan Ren.
5 5/8 and 8 3/8in (14.3 and 21.3cm) high

$1,000 - 1,500

興 只 「 畫 」刻款

For more information on the Tiehua uan see
Bartholomew, et al. The Art of the Yixing Potter:
The K.S. Lo Collection Flagstaff ouse Museum of
Tea Ware (Hong Kong: The Urban Council, 1990),
pp 51-52, 65-66. She attributes the ‘Fang ue
Shanren’ maker’s mark to Jiang Yanting (active
early 20th century) and provides an illustration
of one of his vessels incised in similarly rendered
archaistic calligraphy to the second vessel in the
present lot (fig. 14).

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

8101 8100
TWO YIXING POTTERY LOTUS FORM BOWLS 8101
The tan clay forming wrinkled and veined leaves
raised atop the curving stems and seed pods,
the interiors covered in crackled white glaze, one
impressed Tiehua Xuan zhi, Lu Shi and Yuanzhang
to the underside; together with a high-footed
bowl of similar color clay and glaze adorned in
naturalistic stump-like protrusions to the exterior
of the compressed ovoid shape body. [3]
9in (23cm) width of largest

$800 - 1,200

興 花形 只

19th century examples of vessels adorned in
crackled white enamels and potted in lotus subject
matter were included in Bonhams Hong Kong sale
19621 of 28 November 2011-- ‘Yixing Stoneware
from the Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Hawthorn Collection,
lot 263.

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

CHINESE, INDIAN, HIMALAYAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART AND PAINTINGS | 59