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ANOTHER PROPERTY
1844
A YIXING TREE TRUNK-FORM JARDINIÈRE
REPUBLIC PERIOD
The jardinière is modeled as a tree trunk with naturalistic gnarled The present tree-trunk-form jardinière is in the classic form of Yixing
surface, carved at the front with a title reading Shan sui hua huo (The pottery designed for daily use. The sixteen-character square seal,
mountain comes to life with exceptional painting skills), with an artist's Zhili Shuntian fu Tong Zhou fengshangbu jiang pai yang shi zi zhuan
seal reading Zi Zhang, and two other seals aiguo xingye (patriotism and (Made by Yang of Tong Zhou appointed by Shuntian Prefecture) is
prosperity) and yao pi (fondness for the kiln). The end of a protruding documented in the Shanxi Ping Ding Zhi (The Records of Ping Ding
branch on the side has a seal reading Zhili Shuntian fu Tong Zhou County, Shanxi Province). The seal is associated with a workshop
fengshangbu jiang pai yang shi zi zhuan (Made by Yang of Tong Zhou in Ping Ding county, which was known for producing a variety of
appointed by Shuntian Prefecture). utilitarian vessel forms. The workshop later hired artisans from
Yixing, Jiangsu Province, to create pottery that was both practical and
8æ in. (22 cm.) high
aesthetic, and the workshop promoted designs inspired by nature.
The oval seal, Zi Zhang, on the front can be attributed to a Yixing
$8,000-12,000 artist, Yang Zizhang.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in London, June 1997. The current jardinière can be compared to a similar tree-trunk-form
brush pot with the same sixteen-character seal, sold at Sotheby’s
New York, 17 September 2016, lot 1029.
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