Lot 2821. A Yixing bamboo shoot-form water pot by Chen Mingyuan, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) long. Estimate HKD 600,000 - HKD 800,000 (USD 77,067 - USD 102,756). © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 

Potted in the form of a bamboo shoot, the waterpot is raised on three mushroom-form feet with the base impressed with an artist's seal, Chen Mingyuan zhi (made by Chen Mingyuan), cloth box.

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. 164, fig. 5.

Exhibited: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Loyalty and Dissent in Traditional Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 30 March - 9 September 1990.

Note: See a similar Yixing bamboo shoot-form water dropper impressed with a Chen Mingyuan seal from the Chen Keli (1908- after 1985) Collection, illustrated by Chen Keli in Yangxian shaqi jingpin tupu (An Illustrated Catalogue of Yangxian Stonewares), Taipei, 1985, pl. 33; in Themes and Variations: The Zisha Pottery of Chen Mingyuan, Shanghai Museum & the Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997, p. 165, fig. 7; and in Ming er yuan xi: Chen Mingyuan taoyi yanjiu, Beijing, 2016. This was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 2933.

From the Collection of Chen Keli (1908- after 1985). A rare Yixing bamboo shoot-form water dropper signed Chen Mingyuan, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 4 5/16 in. (11 cm.) long. Sold for 4,300,000 HKD at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 2933. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018

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Christie's. On The Studio Desk, Hong Kong, 27 November 2019