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THE COLLECTION OF EILEEN AND I.M. PEI
TWO YIXING TEAPOTS
LATE QING – EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
Details
TWO YIXING TEAPOTS
LATE QING – EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
Comprising a Yixing cylindrical teapot and cover, modelled with a cylindrical body, a U-shaped handle and a straight tapered spout, the teapot is carved on the exterior with an inscription ending with the pseudonym shao shan. The base of the teapot is impressed with the maker's mark Yuan Changlin zhi (made by Yuan Changlin). The handle of the cover has two loose rings decorated with a 'twisted rope' design. The interior of the cover bears the characters shang fu, late Qing-Republic period; and a Yixing guleng-shaped teapot and cover, with a square-form body and an overarching handle, raised on four shaped feet, with the seal of He Tingchu to the base, 20th century.
Cylindrical teapot: 5 ¼ in. (13 cm.) high, cloth box
Guleng-shaped teapot: 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high, cloth box (2)
LATE QING – EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
Comprising a Yixing cylindrical teapot and cover, modelled with a cylindrical body, a U-shaped handle and a straight tapered spout, the teapot is carved on the exterior with an inscription ending with the pseudonym shao shan. The base of the teapot is impressed with the maker's mark Yuan Changlin zhi (made by Yuan Changlin). The handle of the cover has two loose rings decorated with a 'twisted rope' design. The interior of the cover bears the characters shang fu, late Qing-Republic period; and a Yixing guleng-shaped teapot and cover, with a square-form body and an overarching handle, raised on four shaped feet, with the seal of He Tingchu to the base, 20th century.
Cylindrical teapot: 5 ¼ in. (13 cm.) high, cloth box
Guleng-shaped teapot: 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high, cloth box (2)
Literature
Guleng-shaped teapot and cover:
Terese Tse Bartholomew, I-Hsing Ware, New York, 1977, p. 51, no. 27
Terese Tse Bartholomew, I-Hsing Ware, New York, 1977, p. 51, no. 27
Exhibited
Guleng-shaped teapot and cover:
New York, China House Gallery / China Institute in America, I-Hsing Ware, 28 October 1977 - 29 January 1978
Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 19 February - 21 May 1978
San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 16 June – 21 September 1978
New York, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Design in the Service of Tea, 8 August – 28 October 1984
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Loyalty and Dissent in Traditional Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 30 March - 9 September 1990
New York, China House Gallery / China Institute in America, I-Hsing Ware, 28 October 1977 - 29 January 1978
Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 19 February - 21 May 1978
San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 16 June – 21 September 1978
New York, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Design in the Service of Tea, 8 August – 28 October 1984
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Loyalty and Dissent in Traditional Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 30 March - 9 September 1990
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