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Four Chinese Yixing teapots relating to the Cultural Revolution,…
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Melbourne
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21-May-2019
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Four Chinese Yixing teapots relating to the Cultural Revolution, Peoples' Republic of China period, the largest teapot of rounded cylindrical form in red clay, with an incised calligraphic inscription to one side relating to Mao Zedong, with seal mark reading 'Zong Yijun', the second tallest teapot of pear shape in red clay with an applied roundel in yellow clay to one side with a profile in relief of Mao Zedong, and an incised calligraphic inscription to the other side reading 'Hold high Mao Zedong's mighty banner'. Seal mark reading 'Yixing Zisha craft Factory'. Dated 1968, the third largest teapot of compressed cylindrical form in red clay, with seal reading 'Foreign trade china H9712586', the smallest teapot of square section trapezoidal form in purple zisha clay, with an incised inscription to one side by He Daohong. Seal mark reading 'China Yixing', 9.7 cm high, 13 cm wide, 5.8 cm high, 13 cm wide, 10 cm high, 17 cm wide, 8.2 cm high, 8.7 cm wide,
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