明萬曆 宜興段砂桶形茶壺 《陳信卿》款

of circular section, tapering towards the base, the center with a raised bowstring band, the mouth encircled with a broad raised band, leading to the stepped cover, the shoulder set with a short spout and opposing handle, the recessed base with incised signature (2)

Tom Y. P. Lee 收藏
E & J Frankel, Ltd.，紐約，2005年

E & J Frankel, 《Zisha: The Purple Sand of China : The Lee Collection of Ming and Qing Dynasty Yixing Ware》，紐約，2005年，編號1

There is a fine 3 cm hair crack to the shoulder to one side of the spout. The dark brown surface polish is mostly rubbed away, remaining under the base, around the handle, in an area low down on one side and on the inner flange of the cover. Cover is in good condition.
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Chen Xinqing is a potter believed to have been active between 1573 and 1620. According to K.S. Lo, The Stonewares of Yixing from the Ming Period to the Present Day, Hong Kong, 1986, p. 66, Chen was a follower of the master potter Shi Dabin. He is listed in the Zhongguo meishujia renming cidian (Dictionary of Chinese Artists' Names), Shanghai, 2009, p. 1008, as being able to do good reproductions of Shi's works.