ID 432613
Lot 194 | A SMALL INSCRIBED 'ROCKS' YIXING TEAPOT
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The delicately potted vessel is decorated to one side with an abstract illustration of large craggy rocks, beside a signature 'Shan Nong ke' (carved by Shan Nong). The reverse has an inscription suggesting that the illustration imitates the work of the Ming painter Shen Zhou (1427-1509). The base has a square seal mark with the pseudonym 'Shu Chao', raised on three short round feet.
4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.) wide across handle and spout
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Genre: | Landscape painting |
| Category: | Kettle |
| Medium: | Ceramic |
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| Genre: | Landscape painting |
| Category: | Kettle |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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