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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘CHILONG AN YIXING TREETRUNK-SHAPED A YELLOW-GLAZED ‘EIGHT HORSES OF
AND LOTUS’ VASE, HU BRUSHPOT, BITONG MU WANG’ BRUSHPOT, BITONG
19th century Chen Mingyuan seal mark Chen Guozhi four-character mark, late Qing
Boldly painted around the broad body with Nationalistically modelled as a section of Dynasty/Republic Period
a dense wide band of confronted dragons prunus trunk, potted and carved in high Of cylindrical form, deftly carved around the
amidst meandering large-headed lotus, the relief with gnarled branches and luxuriant body in various levels of relief with a continuous
shoulder with a band of ruyi-lappets, the flower buds and blossom, the body of a rich scene of eight horses within a mountainous
neck similarly painted with dragons amidst chocolate-brown colour. 12.5cm (4 3/4in) high. riverscape with rocky outcrops, trees and
lotus between bands of key-fret and crashing grass, covered with a lemon-yellow glaze.
waves, flanked by a pair of lug handles with £1,500 - 2,000 16.3cm (6 1/2in) high.
crashing waves. 56cm (22in) high. CNY13,000 - 18,000
宜興紫砂梅樁筆筒 £1,000 - 1,500
£3,000 - 5,000 「陳」「鳴遠」篆書模款 CNY8,900 - 13,000
CNY27,000 - 44,000
Provenance: Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 清晚期/民國 黃釉穆王八駿圖筆筒
十九世紀 青花纏枝蓮螭龍紋雙耳大壺 – 2018), acquired on 8 September 1972, 「陳國治作」篆書模款
Singapore, and thence by descent
Provenance: Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 Provenance: Quek Kiok Lee Collection
– 2018), Singapore, and thence by descent 來源：新加坡郭克禮（1921 – 2018）舊藏，於 (1921 – 2018), acquired in 4 February 1969,
1972年9月8日購自新加坡，並由後人保存迄今
Singapore, and thence by descent.
來源：新加坡郭克禮（1921 – 2018）舊藏， Compare with two related examples of treetrunk-
並由後人保存迄今 shaped brushpots, both bearing the seal of Chen 來源：新加坡郭克禮（1921 – 2018）舊
Mingyuan, illustrated in Themes and Variations: 藏，1969年2月4日購於新加坡，並由後人保
The Zisha Pottery of Chen Mingyuan, Hong 存迄今
Kong, 1997, pls.39 and 40. See also G.Tsang
and H. Moss, Arts from the Scholar’s Studio,
Hong Kong, 1986, no.167, for a discussion about
Yixing potters of the 20th century.

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