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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

Lot 8118

A group of four Yixing pottery articles

Chinese, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art and Paintings

28 June 2016, 12:00 PDT

San Francisco

Sold for US$2,750 inc. premium

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A group of four Yixing pottery articles

All of buff sandy hue incised to the exterior surfaces in calligraphic inscriptions and stylized naturalistic motifs, the first, a rectangular jardiniere impressed yu hong to the base; the second, a compressed globular teapot beneath a dragon finial and supporting a dragon head spout and dragon-adorned handle, the underside impressed maker's mark possibly reading Qing Xiang Si Mei; the third a tall rectangular teapot bearing impressed maker's mark reading Yaoting to the underside of the body and lid; and the fourth of slightly darker hue and tapered conical section, bearing a maker's mark reading Yixing Songting zi zhi.
6in (15.2cm) height of third and tallest

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