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57 A ZISHA ‘LOTUS PAD AND
CRAYFISH’ INK PALETTE BY
CHEN HANWEN
㶭 昛 炈 QING DYNASTY, FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH
⋩ 㻊 昛 CENTURY
ℓ 㔯 㻊 Ը๕
ᶾ 墥 㔯 the lotus pad laying on its side and fanning out to a rippled,
upturned edge, the stem and a section of the pad folding over
䲨 䳓 炉 and sheltering a crayÞ sh, the veins of the pad and the anatomy ņťŸŪůġŎŪŭŭŦųġ㓞啷
ᶲ 䞪 㫦 of the crayÞ sh all naturalistically rendered, the base impressed ŔźťůŦźġōįġŎŰŴŴġōŵťį炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĹķ⸜
⋲ 咖 with a square seal reading Chen Hanwen, the body a mushroom- ŔűŪůŬġħġŔŰů炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĹķ⸜ĸ㚰IJķ㖍
叱ġġġ 叱 brown Þ nely specked with lighter shades ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ㫸暚ằ⃟㓞
㹒 啷炻䶐嘇ijĺŚ
圎
䫮 Width 5¾ in., 14.6 cm. ࢝ᚎ
奀 ˪ŕũŦġōŪŵŦųŢŵŪġŎŰťŦĻġńũŪůŦŴŦġŔŤũŰŭŢųġőŢŪůŵŪůŨŴĭġńŢŭŭŪŨųŢűũźġŢůťġ
ŅŦŴŬġŐţūŦŤŵŴ˫炻ŔźťůŦźġōįġŎŰŴŴġōŵťį炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĹķ⸜炻䶐嘇
PROVENANCE
IJıĶ
Collection of Edwin Miller.
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1986.
Spink & Son, London, 16th July 1986.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 29Y.

EXHIBITED
The Literati Mode: Chinese Scholar Paintings, Calligraphy and
Desk Objects, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1986, cat. no. 105.
႒ $ 2,000-3,000

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