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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
*151
AN YIXING STONEWARE 'PEACH' CUP
SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, EARLY QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The cup is finely potted in the form of a half-peach, smoothly finished to the
interior and supported on a gnarled branch. The stoneware is of a rich red tone
and the underside bears a two-character seal mark.
4 in. (10 cm.) long
£20,000-30,000 US$26,000-38,000
€22,000-33,000
PROVENANCE:
Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 240.
Property from a Princely Collection.
Chen Mingyuan made many scholar's objects and cups inspired by natural
forms that included peaches, chesnuts and pomegranates and a number of
these are illustrated by Lai Suk Yee and Terese Tse Bartholomew in The Bei
Shan Tang Legacy: Yixing Zisha Stoneware, Hong Kong, 2015, pp360-380, (mark)
nos 140-150.

貴族私人珍藏
清早期 陳鳴遠作朱泥桃花杯 「鳴遠」篆文方印
來源:
香港邦瀚斯, 2011年11月28日, 拍品240號

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