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THE COLLECTION OF EILEEN AND I.M. PEI
A YIXING POMEGRANATE-FORM WATER VESSEL
SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, POSSIBLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
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A YIXING POMEGRANATE-FORM WATER VESSEL
SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, POSSIBLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
Potted in the form of a pomegranate issuing from a leafy branch, 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 inscription lang yuan qing wan, followed by an artist seal in a square, reading Chen Mingyuan.
3 ¾ in. (9.2 cm.) high, cloth box
SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, POSSIBLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
Potted in the form of a pomegranate issuing from a leafy branch, 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 inscription lang yuan qing wan, followed by an artist seal in a square, reading Chen Mingyuan.
3 ¾ in. (9.2 cm.) high, cloth box
Provenance
C.C. TIH Gallery, Hong Kong, 1972
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.
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Priscilla Kong