SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, EARLY QING DYNASTY (1664-1911)

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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 ¼ in. (8.5cm.) long

Provenance

Bluett & Sons Ltd., London.
Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 214.

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Lot Essay

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 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.

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