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Sold for £6,250 inc. premium")
Two Yixing teapots and covers
18th century, seal mark Yang Baonian (on the unglazed teapot)
One of square form modelled as if wrapped in a scarf knotted over the cover and enamelled with scattered roundels on a turquoise ground, the handle and spout with pink and white flowers on a blue ground, 18.4cm (7¼in) long; the other hexagonal inscribed with a poem and a grassy floral spray, above decorative borders stamped with continuous leiwen motifs and small deer, four-character mark on the base 17.9cm (7in) long. (4).
One of square form modelled as if wrapped in a scarf knotted over the cover and enamelled with scattered roundels on a turquoise ground, the handle and spout with pink and white flowers on a blue ground, 18.4cm (7¼in) long; the other hexagonal inscribed with a poem and a grassy floral spray, above decorative borders stamped with continuous leiwen motifs and small deer, four-character mark on the base 17.9cm (7in) long. (4).
Sold for
£6,250
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 十八世紀 紫泥刻字花卉紋六方壺 「楊寶年」篆文方印、紫泥松綠地粉彩團花紋壺
The inscription on the unglazed teapot reads:
月痕銹
石碧
花影留
器紅泉
The moon's trace erodes stone and jade.
The flower's shadow lingers on this red sourced ware.
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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