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Chinese Works of Art
Ceramics
Yixing Stoneware
Yixing Pottery from the Monterey Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit the Museum Funds; Acquired by the Museum in 1993
Ceramics
Yixing Stoneware
Yixing Pottery from the Monterey Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit the Museum Funds; Acquired by the Museum in 1993
Lot 8115
Two yixing pottery teapots
28 June 2016, 12:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$1,625 inc. premium
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Two yixing pottery teapots
The first of extremely smoothly polished dark clay potted in compressed globular shape supporting a conical lid and curved spout and handle, the sides incised in poetic couplets bearing a bingzi nian year (equivalent to 1936 or 1876) and a maker's mark reading Yangxian zisha; the second of irregular ovoid shape supporting a fitted lid and incised in calligraphic inscriptions and floral sprigs, the underside bearing a Yang Pengnian mark.
7 1/2in (19cm) width of first over handles
7 1/2in (19cm) width of first over handles
Footnotes
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The exterior of both pots have an unusually smooth patina and a remarkable tactile allure, perhaps indicating a long history of being treasured by collectors. Numerous examples of pots bearing the marks of Daoguang era ceramicist Yang Pengnian are featured in The Bei Shan Legacy: Yixing Zisha Stoneware [Beishan Jigu: Yixing Zisha] (Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015), specifically no 20-33, pp.114-144.
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