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Lot 495
A Yixing Pottery Vase Height 7 7/8 inches.
Sale 647 - Asian Works of Art
Mar 25, 2019
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$2,000 -
3,000
Price Realized
$4,000
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Lot Description
A Yixing Pottery Vase Height 7 7/8 inches.
REPUBLIC PERIOD, DATED YEAR 1923
rising from a short foot to an everted rim. The pear shaped body is divided by double bowstring bands, engraved to the central section the scene of an scholar in a garden, and to the neck Qitaoshi keyu shigulei fang nantianlaoren bifa, shizai guihai qiuzhong zhi yue.(Qitao engraved in the style of Yun Nantian at 1923).
Height 7 7/8 inches.
Property from the Collection of Mr. Peter Jacobs, Chicago, Illiniois
Note:
Qitao was the pseudonym of Wu Hanwen (1871-1941), who was known to have established the renowned 'Wu Desheng Pottery Studio' during the Republic period.