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Auction archive: Lot number 3418

A RARE CHENXIANGMU TEAPOT AND COVER WITH A PAIR OF CUPS MING DYNASTY

Estimate
HK$1,000,000 - HK$1,500,000
ca. US$127,612 - US$191,418
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 3418

A RARE CHENXIANGMU TEAPOT AND COVER WITH A PAIR OF CUPS MING DYNASTY

Estimate
HK$1,000,000 - HK$1,500,000
ca. US$127,612 - US$191,418
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

A RARE CHENXIANGMU TEAPOT AND COVER WITH A PAIR OF CUPS MING DYNASTY the teapot carved from a gnarled section of chenxiangmu (eaglewood), with slender tapered sides rising to high shoulders and a flared neck, set with a curved spout opposite a loop handle and a small protruding stump on one side, carved in low relief with a continuous scene of scholars among jagged rocks and verdant trees, one side with three sages conversing near two others engaged in a game of weiqi , the reverse with a group gathered at a table listening to their companion playing on a qin , all below undulous mountains and clouds encircling the shoulder, the handle and spout detailed with prunus branches, the neck decorated with a further scholar on a rocky path, the flat cover of conforming irregular outline surmounted by two rows of chrysanthemum petals culminating in a fruit finial, the base, rims and spout mounted in metal, the interior fitted with a metal liner; together with a pair of matching cups carved with sages and attendants sheltered beneath pine and bamboo or wutong trees teapot: 22.2 cm, 8 3/4 in. cups: 5.5 and 5.2 cm, 2 1/4 and 2 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 3418
Auction:
Datum:
3 Oct 2018
Auction house:
Sotheby's
Hong Kong
Beschreibung:

A RARE CHENXIANGMU TEAPOT AND COVER WITH A PAIR OF CUPS MING DYNASTY the teapot carved from a gnarled section of chenxiangmu (eaglewood), with slender tapered sides rising to high shoulders and a flared neck, set with a curved spout opposite a loop handle and a small protruding stump on one side, carved in low relief with a continuous scene of scholars among jagged rocks and verdant trees, one side with three sages conversing near two others engaged in a game of weiqi , the reverse with a group gathered at a table listening to their companion playing on a qin , all below undulous mountains and clouds encircling the shoulder, the handle and spout detailed with prunus branches, the neck decorated with a further scholar on a rocky path, the flat cover of conforming irregular outline surmounted by two rows of chrysanthemum petals culminating in a fruit finial, the base, rims and spout mounted in metal, the interior fitted with a metal liner; together with a pair of matching cups carved with sages and attendants sheltered beneath pine and bamboo or wutong trees teapot: 22.2 cm, 8 3/4 in. cups: 5.5 and 5.2 cm, 2 1/4 and 2 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 3418
Auction:
Datum:
3 Oct 2018
Auction house:
Sotheby's
Hong Kong
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