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THE COLLECTION OF EILEEN AND I.M. PEI
A YIXING PEACH-FORM WASHER
SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, POSSIBLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
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A YIXING PEACH-FORM WASHER
SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, POSSIBLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
The cup is modelled as a peach, supported on a lotus root, a red date, a water caltrop fruit, a gingko nut, and a peach stone. The base is carved with a four-character inscription reading shang lin jia lu (elegant companions of Shang lin), followed by a square seal reading Chen Mingyuan.
3 ½ in. (8.8 cm.) long, cloth box
SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, POSSIBLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
The cup is modelled as a peach, supported on a lotus root, a red date, a water caltrop fruit, a gingko nut, and a peach stone. The base is carved with a four-character inscription reading shang lin jia lu (elegant companions of Shang lin), followed by a square seal reading Chen Mingyuan.
3 ½ in. (8.8 cm.) long, cloth box
Provenance
C.C. TIH Gallery, Hong Kong, 1972
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
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
Exhibited
New York, China House Gallery / China Institute in America, I-Hsing Ware, 28 October 1977 - 29 January 1978
Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 19 February - 21 May 1978
San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 16 June – 21 September 1978
Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 19 February - 21 May 1978
San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 16 June – 21 September 1978
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