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THE COLLECTION OF EILEEN AND I.M. PEI
ㆮ⢘㘝ۢ↴᪉⬹Ὂⳉ
2829
A YIXING POMEGRANATE-FORM WATER ᆙ᳧ᤪ५ 㡤㲍㑑ᢎೞ⧂♟⊐⊆ᝦഭ
VESSEL
㠺ᙔ厍កஊ᳖⅊
SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, POSSIBLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
Potted in the form of a pomegranate issuing from a leafy branch, ࣇ᪪厍㪀㺩㙭
the vessel's globular body rises to a waisted neck and a flared mouth
in the form of five barbed sepals, carved on one side with an ϝᬝ
inscription lang yuan qing wan, followed by an artist seal in a square, $ $ 5*) (BMMFSZ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ
reading Chen Mingyuan.
3æ in. (9.2 cm.) high, cloth box ⮐㙽
ӳᱡࢷ⁒㱦 g 㲞ᳰԋᙔഌໝᙔ⁒㱦भ㗤卿Ƕ⡻
HK$80,000-120,000 US$11,000-15,000
᳖㮫 㪀㺩㙭㪃⻱Ⓔ♾Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿㮰
PROVENANCE 卿⤔⽚ 卿எ inscription
C.C. TIH Gallery, Hong Kong, 1972 㠺ᙔ
LITERATURE
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. 95, no. 13, fig. 1.
2829 (mark)
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