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This water dropper was formerly in the collection of Chen Keli, a major 整體為筍形，段泥胎質，兩頭細，中間粗，彎曲自如，肌理分明，尤其
collector of Yixing wares in the early 20th century. In the preface of 是筍殼的刻劃更是入木三分，細膩清晰，極其工致。泥色淺黃，筍葉刻
his catalogue in which this water dropper is illustrated, Chen recalled
that he first developed his passion for Yixing wares from the inspiration 劃勾勒排線細密，外殼灑黑紅斑點，造型自然，栩栩如生。筍身是有輕
of his relative, the pre-eminent late-Qing scholar and collector Gong 微弧度的三角錐體，底部貼一個蛤蜊貝殼，用以作器足。整件作品寫
Xinzhao (1870-1949), and that he acquired the bulk of his collection 實，具見作者仿生的高妙技藝。「陳鳴遠製」小印一方，印文古雅。
through the dealership of Rongbaozhai.
此小筍多次出版，流傳有序，原為陳克立先生收藏，收錄於《陽羨砂器
This vessel bears the seal of Chen Mingyuan, who was active during
the Kangxi and Yongzheng reigns (mid-17th to early 18th century). 精品圖譜》。後流落美國，二十世紀八十年代，紫砂學者謝瑞華女史將
Chen Mingyuan was a very highly regarded ceramic artist, and indeed 其收錄展覽於三藩市亞洲藝術博物館。
is generally regarded as one of the finest of all the Yixing potters, and
viewed by many as second only to Shi Dabin. 陳克立是陳鳴遠紫砂器的大藏家之一。他少時久居北平，婚後居上海，
是龔心釗侄婿，因龔氏啟發而收藏紫砂。陳克立藏品因戰亂流徙而失
散，但於1985年在臺北出版其藏品之照片及拓片為《陽羨砂器精品圖
譜》。陳克立序文（文中稱龔氏為前清乙未（1895）翰林龔心釗叔岳）
提供值得注意之有關資料如下：
「抗戰勝利以後，有榮寶齋李氏常以砂器求售，且源源而來，乃得大量
收藏。……而後，得李氏相告，始知有海鹽張氏，因兄弟分離，乃將陳
鳴遠所存留傳砂器出讓，以此因緣，出入餘手。」據此，陳克立藏品之
建立是繼龔心釗之後，而且追溯為陳鳴遠所存留傳砂器，經海鹽張氏兄
弟，榮寶齋李氏，輾轉而得。

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