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Chen Mingyuan was active during the mid-17th to early 18th century and
AN YIXING MODEL OF A TOAD
CHEN MINGYUAN, EARLY QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) is one of the most accomplished Yixing potters. He is admired both for his
technical skill and for his creativity as an artist. An Yixing model of a turtle
The toad is naturalistically modelled with a raised head, bulging eyes and a
fxed, alert gaze. It has webbed feet and skilfully textured, warty skin and the by Chen Mingyuan in the Shanghai Museum with a similar 'Chen' seal is
stoneware is of a greyish-brown tone. The underside is impressed with two illustrated in Themes and Variations: The Zisha Pottery of Chen Mingyuan,
seals. Hong Kong, 1997, p. 196, pl. 94.
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) long
£15,000-25,000 US$20,000-33,000 清早期 宜興紫砂蟾蜍
€18,000-29,000
「陳」篆書圓印
PROVENANCE:
Hugh M. Moss Ltd., London, 1977. 「嗚遠」篆書方印
Yixing Stoneware from the Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Hawthorne Collection;
Bonhams, Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 226.
Property from a Princely Collection.
來源:
LITERATURE:
P. Moss, `I-Hsing-Tea-Taste,' in Journal of the International Chinese Snuf Bottle Hugh M. Moss Ltd, 倫敦, 1977
Society, vol. 10, no. 3, September 1978, p. 6, fg. 5.
香港邦瀚斯，2011年11月28日《好善簃珍藏宜興紫砂》，拍
品226
貴族私人珍藏

出版: P. Moss, 「I-Hsing-Tea-Taste」, 《Journal of the
International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society》, 10冊, 編號3,
1978年9月, 頁6, 圖5.

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