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THE COLLECTION OF EILEEN AND I.M. PEI
A YIXING MAGNOLIA-FORM CUP
SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, POSSIBLY KANGXI PERIOD
Details
A YIXING MAGNOLIA-FORM CUP
SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, POSSIBLY KANGXI PERIOD
The cup is delicately potted in the form of a blossoming magnolia bloom supported on a gnarled branch which extends along the side to form the handle. One floral bract is impressed with a seal reading Chen Mingyuan.
2 7/16 in. (6 cm.) high, cloth box
SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, POSSIBLY KANGXI PERIOD
The cup is delicately potted in the form of a blossoming magnolia bloom supported on a gnarled branch which extends along the side to form the handle. One floral bract is impressed with a seal reading Chen Mingyuan.
2 7/16 in. (6 cm.) high, cloth box
Provenance
C.C. TIH Gallery, Hong Kong, 1972
Literature
Terese Tse Bartholomew, I-Hsing Ware, New York, 1977, p.73, no. 47
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
New York, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Design in the Service of Tea, 8 August – 28 October 1984
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Loyalty and Dissent in Traditional Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 30 March - 9 September 1990
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
New York, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Design in the Service of Tea, 8 August – 28 October 1984
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Loyalty and Dissent in Traditional Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 30 March - 9 September 1990
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