California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 Mar. 14, 2014  Mar. 14, 2014

 Lot # 2041 
MAO DAN: A YIXING "BAMBOO" TEAPOT    茂旦款 竹段壺


  • Dimension: L: 7 1/2 in (19.1 cm) H: 4 1/2 in (11.4 cm)
  • Estimate From: $1800
  • Estimate To: $2200

Of compressed cylindrical form depicting bamboo sections, the teapot’s thick spout, handle, and twisted finial also in smaller bamboo section shapes, the lid decorated with a few bamboo leaves. Two character mark "Mao Dan" beneath the lid. Mao Dan, a member of the Shao family, probably made this teapot during late Qing Dynasty period.


此壺胎泥細膩,三彎流竹段型流口,把手似以竹段,蓋鈕亦飾以竹段及竹葉。茂旦為邵氏家族成員。此壺應為清末時期製作。