A CHINESE YIXING ZISHA FOLIATE RIM BOWL.
A CHINESE YIXING ZISHA FOLIATE RIM BOWL.
Qing dynasty, signed Zhu Shimei.
With rounded sides and a slightly everted rim rising from a high foot, lobed into six sections the body inscribed and signed Shimei, between impressed keyscroll bands to the rim and foot, 23cm diameter, 9cm H.
清 宜興紫砂花口盌，「石楳」款
款識：「春前韭嫩，秋末菘鮮，但期下箸，何必萬錢。」
The scholar Zhu Jian (1796-1850), known by his hao, Shimei or 'stone prunus', was active in the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods and a key figure in reviving interest in Yixing among the literati. Zhu is considered one of the most important scholarly potters and teapot connoisseurs, and wrote the book Hu shi [The history of the teapot].
(Qty: 1)
Estimated at £500 - £800
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A CHINESE YIXING ZISHA FOLIATE RIM BOWL.
Qing dynasty, signed Zhu Shimei.
With rounded sides and a slightly everted rim rising from a high foot, lobed into six sections the body inscribed and signed Shimei, between impressed keyscroll bands to the rim and foot, 23cm diameter, 9cm H.
清 宜興紫砂花口盌，「石楳」款
款識：「春前韭嫩，秋末菘鮮，但期下箸，何必萬錢。」
The scholar Zhu Jian (1796-1850), known by his hao, Shimei or 'stone prunus', was active in the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods and a key figure in reviving interest in Yixing among the literati. Zhu is considered one of the most important scholarly potters and teapot connoisseurs, and wrote the book Hu shi [The history of the teapot].
(Qty: 1)
Estimated at £500 - £800
