Asian Art - 14th November 2017
Lot 180
A CHINESE CYLINDRICAL PEWTER TEA CANISTER BY SHEN CUN ZHOU EARLY QING DYNASTY With a yin-yang...
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £800
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A CHINESE CYLINDRICAL PEWTER TEA CANISTER BY SHEN CUN ZHOU
EARLY QING DYNASTY
With a yin-yang symbol to the cover, the base with a four character seal mark which reads Shen Cun Zhou Zhi, 12cm. (2)
Provenance: from the collection of Christopher Blair-Myers Esq.
Shen Cun Zhou (17th-18th century) was born in Jiaxing in Zhejiang province, he was a pupil of the poet Sheng Yuan (1630-1710), and as well as an esteemed metal worker, was a talented calligrapher.