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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION (LOTS 148-153)
*148
AN YIXING STONEWARE 'SNAIL AND SHELL' WATERPOT
SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, EARLY QING DYNASTY (1664-1911)
The vessel is finely modelled in the form of a large shell with a smaller snail
crawling up to one side. The naturalistically potted stoneware is decorated in
a rich brown tone with incised texture. The underside bears the impressed
seal mark.
3 1/4 in. (8.5cm.) long
£20,000-40,000 US$26,000-51,000
€22,000-44,000
PROVENANCE:
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London.
Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 214.
Property from a Princely Collection.
Chen Mingyuan, one of the most famous and versatile Yixing potters, was
active during the Kangxi/Yongzheng periods (1662-1735). His works included
teapots and articles for the scholar's table, many simulating objects from
nature such as those in the K.S. Lo Collection, now in the Flagstaff House (mark)
Museum Tea Ware, illustrated in The Art of the Yixing Potter, Hong Kong
Museum of Art, 1990, pp. 139-142. The present lot may be compared to
the Yixing snails group signed by Chen Mingyuan of similar size and form
illustrated in The Art of the Yixing Potter, no.160, p.231.

貴族私人珍藏 (拍品148-153號)
清早期 陳鳴遠作宜興紫砂田螺式水盂
來源:
Bluett & Sons Ltd.倫敦
香港邦瀚斯, 2011年11月28日, 拍品214號

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