J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
MenuPast Exhibition
Chinese Art from the Scholar’s Studio
March 13 - April 11, 2015
62.
A BAMBOO-FORM YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER
Qing Dynasty, Late 19th-Early 20th Century
modelled as a nodule of bamboo, the short tapered spout and loop handle also modelled as bamboo and the well-fitted cover with bamboo-stalk loop finial sprouting small leaves, the purplish-brown clay with attractive dark patination; the seal inside the cover may be read as Jing’an (靜安); the seal on the base may be read as Fan zhuang nong jia (范莊農家).
Width 7 inches (17.8 cm)
Height 3 3⁄8 inches (8.6 cm)
Provenance
Private Collection, New York
The seal inside the cover records the potter’s name: Jing’an. The seal on the base indicates that the potter is a member of the Fan family.
A Yixing teapot of the same form bearing the same two impressed seal marks and dated to 1903 by a carved inscription around the waist is illustrated by Tam, K.S. Lo Collection in the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, Part 2, Hong Kong, 1984, p. 96, no. 68.
清 《范靜安》宜興朱泥竹節式茶壺 寬 17.8 厘米 高 8.6 厘米
