SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, EARLY QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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AN YIXING STONEWARE 'AUBERGINE' WATER DROPPER
SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN, EARLY QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The water dropper is finely potted in the shape of an elongated aubergine issuing from a short stem and resting on two smaller aubergines. The lower section is modelled with a twig and three leaves. The naturalistically potted stoneware is of rich dark-brown colour and the underside bears two incised seals.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) long

Provenance

Mrs. Rene Dreyfus Collection.
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1981.
Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 November 2011, lot 221.

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Lot Essay

The present lot may be compared with the aubergine waterdropper attributed to Chen Mingyuan from the Gong Xinzhao collection published by Lai Suk Yee and Terese Tse Bartholomew in The Bei Shan Tang Legacy: Yixing Zisha Stoneware, 2015, no. 128, p339.

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