A YIXING MODEL OF A POTTER, 'GONG CHUN AT WORK', XU XIUTANG (B. 1937), DATED 1996
The earliest known Yixing potter from the Ming dynasty, Gong Chun, shown seated on a bench in front of a burl-form teapot; the bench inscribed with a long inscription describing the story of Gong Chun and incorporating the artist's signature and a cyclical year bingzi (1996), the back of the bench with two artist's seal marks, 'Xiu' and 'Xiutang'
6 in. (15.2 cm.) across
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The earliest known Yixing potter from the Ming dynasty, Gong Chun, shown seated on a bench in front of a burl-form teapot; the bench inscribed with a long inscription describing the story of Gong Chun and incorporating the artist's signature and a cyclical year bingzi (1996), the back of the bench with two artist's seal marks, 'Xiu' and 'Xiutang'
6 in. (15.2 cm.) across
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