A CARVED WHITE BISCUIT PORCELAIN INK STONE BY CHEN GUOZHI, QING DYNASTY, DAOGUANG – XIANFENG PERIOD

Estimate

220,000 - 250,000 HKD

bidding is closed

Description

inkstone

of circular form, one side with a hemispherical grinding surface modelled in the form of a pond framed by a scene with gnarled pine tree trunks bordering the lower half of the inkstone, further decorated with a recumbent water buffalo and figures in a village scene with pavilions and mountains, the reverse with a six-character seal mark reading Da Qing Chen Guozhi zuo

Provenance

Water, Pine and Stone Retreat collection.
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1999.
Collection of Robert H. Blumenfield.
Christie's New York, 25th March 2010, lot 915.

Exhibited

Escape from the Dusty World, Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1999, cat. no. 94.

Literature

Robert H. Blumenfield, Blanc de Chine: The Great Porcelain of Dehua, Berkeley and Toronto, 2002, p. 200.

Catalogue Note

This outstanding inkstone is notable for the skilful high-relief openwork carving of the landscape, and the unusual mark on the reverse emulating the six-character imperial seal marks found on porcelain produced at Jingdezhen. For additional notes on Chen Guozhi, see lot 108.