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Lot 138 · Contemporary Clay: Yixing Pottery from the Irving Collection

View of Castel Madama, with travellers on a path by the Tiber in the foreground

Joseph Anton Koch · black chalk, pen and grey ink, watermark posthorn in a cartouche above 1807 (partly cut)

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Estimate
$15,000–$20,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Contemporary Clay: Yixing Pottery from the Irving Collection, New York · 24 January 2006
Dimensions
6¼ x 8½ in. (160 x 215 mm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-5723506
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Joseph Anton Koch, View of Castel Madama, with travellers on a path by the Tiber in the foreground. Christie's, 24 Jan 2006, lot 138. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5723506.

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From the same sale Contemporary Clay: Yixing Pottery from the Irving Collection · Jan 2006

LotArtistEstimateResult
Wang Yinxian (1943-2018) and Zhang Shouzhi (B. 1932) A COMPRESSED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER, 'FLOWING' $30,000–$50,000
Zhou Dingfang (B. 1965) A YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER IN THE FORM OF A WELL HEAD, 'WELL TEAPOT' $1,500–$2,500
Xu Xiutang (B. 1937) and Zhou Guizhen (B. 1943), Dated 1990 A COMPRESSED YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER, 'DRAGON'S SON' $10,000–$15,000
Xu Daming (1952-2016) A COMPRESSED YIXING TEAPOT, 'SIDE HANDLE' $3,000–$5,000
Lu Wenxia (B. 1966) and Lu Jianxing (B. 1958) A COMPRESSED 'LEAF-WRAPPED'-FORM YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER, 'FOREST SERIES - RIPPLES' $1,500–$2,500
Lu Wenxia (B. 1966) and Lu Jianxing (B. 1958) AN IMPRESSED HEXAGONAL BASKET-FORM YIXING TEAPOT AND COVER, 'BURLAP-OVER HANDLE' $1,500–$2,500

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