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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A FINE CARVED CELADON-GLAZED ᪺༒ᶑ ◢㤎㕳ᔅט㣅♄᥆˦ ˖⻎Վಧ᜷ᕋᢎ
‘CLOUD’ WATER POT
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KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF
THE PERIOD (1662-1722) 㪀ℱ㪖⯠⻦
The gently incurving sides are finely carved to depict billowing ऱ㯸⎏ᄮᾭސ㬪㞏᭢Ԃजࣻ⩠Ӭ։ٳᘹ⣠അߧՌ⯝ⰻ֬⁞ࢷ⁒㱦⻦৅卿
clouds of ruyi form rising in columns and trailing wispy tips beside ߅‸ᙻ 8 # )POFZ卿Ƕ-BUFS $IJOFTF 1PSDFMBJOǷ卿எ‸ " ⽚厎࢈՗
similar detached clouds, covered overall with a pale even celadon ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⎏ऱ᪪׾ຽ卿ߒᙻǶ᳖ջᄮ㫇Գ໶⚨≢଍Ƿ卿 ჺ卿㮰
glaze of lustrous tone, the countersunk base with a transparent 卿எ‸ ⽚厎⧻இ⡥⡙ഌ㛢ᝯࢷ⁒㱦⎏⻦৅卿㇦ᙻ 4 7BMFOTUFUJO卿Ƕ"
glaze. )BOECPPL PG $IJOFTF $FSBNJDTǷ卿⡥⡙卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚厎இ⛁ᘢ
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high ༈ࢷ⁒㩴ᘢ༈⻦৅卿㇦Ƕᘢ༈᳖≢எ㢙Ƿ卿எ‸ ⽚厎ٳᘹഌ⣠ᇪఫ
㞖ᝯ⻦৅卿㇦Ƕ&MFHBOU 'PSN BOE )BSNPOJPVT %FDPSBUJPOǷ卿 ჺ卿எ
HK$1,200,000-1,800,000 US$160,000-230,000
‸ ⽚厎ࢶ՗ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅卿㖊ᙻǶ᳖≢ⵧⅧ厍᳖ջᄮ㫇Գ໶⚨≢଍Ƿ卿
㲞ᳰԋᙔഌໝ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚厎⧲ᡤ▼ࢷ೥⯠⻦ݦ։卿㇦Ƕԋஇ㪃
PROVENANCE
The Y.C. Chen Collection (1922-2012) ≢㪿㫀Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ࣿ ⽚厎㬱㈊లǮⶰᮣᇑݎᇌ㙬
⻦Ӭ։卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚厎ࣿ
A number of these celadon-glazed water pots are in public and private
collections, including one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, ჺ ᝲ ᚚ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈Ӭ։卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
illustrated by W. B. Honey, Later Chinese Porcelain, pl. 7a; in the
Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong,
Hong Kong, 1989, p. 147, pl. 130; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
illustrated by S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New
York, 1989, pl. 245; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included
in The Illustrated Catalogue of Ch’ing Dynasty Porcelain, no. 58; in the
Percival David Foundation exhibition, Elegant Form and Harmonious
Decoration, London, 1992, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 118; and
in the Nanjing Museum, included in the exhibition of Imperial Porcelain
from the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Chinese University
of Hong Kong, 1995, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 9. Two water
pots from the collection of K. S. Lo were included in the Min Chiu
Society Exhibition, An Anthology of Chinese Ceramics, Hong Kong,
1980, illustrated in the Catalogue, nos. 122 and 123; one from The
Jingguantang and the Greenwald Collections, sold at Christie's Hong
Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 2815; and another sold at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3013.

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