Yixing Zisha Wares - 15th November 2011

Lot 281

A large hexagonal Yixing jar

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £360

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Description

A large hexagonal Yixing jar, each side decorated with climbing stems of flowering peony on a diaper ground, the shoulders impressed with a band of ruyi heads, unmarked, cracked, 22.5cm. Cf. Christiaan Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p.250 for a related canister.