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27 May 2012 16:00 CST Hong Kong
Yixing stoneware and scholar's objects from private collections
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A pair of Yixing stoneware 'conch' teapots and cover

Mid Qing dynasty
Each naturalistically potted above a further two mini spiral shells, the main body set with two lotus stems handles, issuing a lotus bud and a lotus leaf individually at the ends, one with a cover surmounted by another small shell.
The largest: 14.3cm long. (3).

Estimate:

HK$ 50,000 - 60,000
US$ 6,400 - 7,700
£4,300 - 5,100

Footnotes

清中期朱泥海螺提梁壺一對

壺作海螺形，頭尾細窄，中間橢圓形腹腔，壺底以兩顆小螺螄作足，一壺配蓋，蓋以螺螄作鈕，壺身均仿生海螺貝殼，貝殼外壁雕刻紋理並飾突出乳釘，上朔兩隻合併的蓮枝作提梁，枝頭處分別結一篇荷葉及一朵含苞欲放的蓮花，形象生動。朱泥燒製顏色鮮豔，質地緊密，使壺蓋與胎身摩擦時發出清脆聲音。