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Lot Essay
Shen Xi was a traditional Yixing artist recorded to have been active during the Daoguang period.
A pear-shaped vase bearing a Shen Xi mark, with a similar impressed leiwen diaper around the body, and painted in famille rose enamels around the neck with floral sprays, on a blue ground, is illustrated in Purple Clay: Wellington Wang's Collection of Yixing Wares, Taipei, 1993, p. 203. See, also, the pair of famille rose-enameled vases with Shen Xi marks, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Hawthorn, sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 269. A very similar pair of Yixing enameled vases, also signed Shen Xi, was sold at Christie's New York, 19-20 September 2013, lot 1415.
A pear-shaped vase bearing a Shen Xi mark, with a similar impressed leiwen diaper around the body, and painted in famille rose enamels around the neck with floral sprays, on a blue ground, is illustrated in Purple Clay: Wellington Wang's Collection of Yixing Wares, Taipei, 1993, p. 203. See, also, the pair of famille rose-enameled vases with Shen Xi marks, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Hawthorn, sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 269. A very similar pair of Yixing enameled vases, also signed Shen Xi, was sold at Christie's New York, 19-20 September 2013, lot 1415.