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THE COLLECTION OF EILEEN AND I.M. PEI THE COLLECTION OF EILEEN AND I.M. PEI
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A YIXING BASKET-FORM CUP BY CHEN A YIXING PEACH-FORM WASHER
MINGYUAN SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, POSSIBLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) The cup is modelled as a peach, supported on a lotus root, a red date,
Potted in the form of a weaved bamboo basket, the water pot is a water caltrop fruit, a gingko nut, and a peach stone. The base is
carved on the rim with the inscription Mingyuan zhi yu yuan zhen carved with a four-character inscription reading shanglin jialü (elegant
tang (made by Mingyuan in the Hall of Yuanzhen). companions of Shang lin), followed by a square seal reading Chen
2…/”ÿ in. (5.3 cm.) high, cloth box Mingyuan.
3 in. (8.8 cm.) long, cloth box
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-38,000
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-38,000
PROVENANCE
Gift from Chen Congzhou (1918-2000) PROVENANCE
C.C. TIH Gallery, Hong Kong, 1972
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New York, China House Gallery / China Institute in America, I-Hsing
㠺ᙔ厍㺩㙭ㅳՂ݉㏌ల Ware, 28 October 1977 - 29 January 1978
Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Atkins Museum
ϝᬝ of Fine Arts, 19 February - 21 May 1978
㪀ᇖॶ卻 卼㐩 San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of
San Francisco, 16 June – 21 September 1978
LITERATURE
Terese Tse Bartholomew, I-Hsing Ware, New York, 1977, p.71, no. 45
The Shanghai Museum and the Art Museum, The Chinese University
of Hong Kong, Themes and Variation: The Zisha Pottery of Chen
Mingyuan, Hong Kong, 1997, p. 104, no. 21, fig. 1
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