Lot 7: A FINELY CARVED IMITATION BAMBOO PORCELAIN BRUSHPOT BY CHEN GUOZHI, QING DYNASTY, DAOGUANG PERIOD

potted in the form of a section of bamboo, carved in high-relief with two boys riding oxen, one riding backwards flying a kite, the other grasping a long reed whip and followed by a suckling calf, the rims carved with fine short strokes imitating bamboo veining, the base inscribed with 'Chen Guozhi zuo' and 'zi wei chen wan', dressed overall in a thin warm yellow wash, stand

10 cm., 3 7/8 in.

One Man's Taste, Baur Foundation, Geneva, 1988, cat.no. c9 (illustrated)

Collection of Edward T. Chow

QUANTITY: 2

Cheng Guozhi was a mid-19^th century potter well known for his carved porcelain.Five pieces bearing his seal mark were included in the Exhibition of Carved Porcelain and Other Carved Objects, The Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1978, cat.nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 58. Compare also a yellow glazed biscuit brushpot by Chen Guozhi, carved with figures in a landscape, in the Capital Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Shoudu Bowuguan zang ci xuan, Beijing, 1991, pl. 163; and a carved imitation bamboo porcelain brushpot in this sale Lot 8.