A YIXING RED STONEWARE VASE, BY CHEN ZIWEN, FIRST HALF OF 18TH CENTURY

A YIXING RED STONEWARE VASE, BY CHEN ZIWEN, FIRST HALF OF 18TH CENTURY
China. The baluster body supported on a short spreading foot and rising to a cylindrical neck. The lobed body finely decorated in relief with sprays of bamboo, peony, magnolia, chrysanthemum, pine, and prunus above a bowstring, between bands of sawtooth with neatly incised archaistic designs above the foot and to the shoulder, the neck with bands of S-scroll and ruyi heads.
Inscriptions
: To the recessed base, six-character mark 'Jingxi Gushi Chen Ziwen zhi' (made by Chen Ziwen in the ancient style of Yixing).
Provenance
: French trade.
Condition
: The rim with one chip. The foot rim with minor chips, the shoulder with two fine hairlines, one with an associated shallow loss as well as a few minor touchups.
Weight: 522.6 g
Dimensions: Height 17.5 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare three closely related vases as part of a garniture, also marked Jingxi Gushi Chen Ziwen zhi, in the collection of the Groninger Museum, Groningen, accession number MB211, illustrated by Michel Beurdeley and Guy Raindre, Qing Porcelain Famille Verte, Famille Rose, New York, 1987, p. 257, fig. 355.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1 December 2016, lot 703
Price: HKD 118,750 or approx.
EUR 15,500
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Yixing 'floral' vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
Expert remark: Compare the related baluster form (albeit of octagonal section) and floral motifs.
十八世紀上半葉宜興紫砂瓶，陳子文款
中國。圓柱形頸部，丰肩，腹下内斂，圈足。肩部與足部飾蟬紋，瓶身淺浮雕竹、牡丹、玉蘭、菊花、松樹、梅花等紋飾。
款識：
荊西古式陳子文製
來源：
法國古玩交易。
品相：
邊緣有一個缺口。腳緣有輕微缺口，肩部有兩條細冲線，其中一條有淺層缺損，以及一些輕微的小修。
重量：522.6 克
尺寸：高 17.5 厘米
文獻比較：
比較三件非常相近的荊溪古式陳子文製瓶，收藏於格羅寧根博物館，格羅寧根，館藏編號MB211，見Michel Beurdeley和Guy Raindre，《Qing Porcelain Famille Verte，Famille Rose》，紐約，1987年，頁257，圖355.
拍賣結果比較：
形制：相近
拍賣：香港蘇富比，2016年12月1日，lot 703
價格：HKD 118,750（相當於今日
EUR 15,500
）
描述：清康熙宜興紫砂花卉紋八方瓶
專家評論：比較相近的外形 (但此瓶為八角形) 和花卉主題。