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A massive qianjiangcai enameled 'Hundred Deer' vase Cheng Men (1833-1908), dated by inscription to 1877
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A massive qianjiangcai enameled 'Hundred Deer' vase
Thickly formed with a wide cylindrical neck, full ovoid body and tall foot molded with a raised string band, the walls painted in pale gray and brown enamels depicting a large herd of deer grazing amid towering peaks and foliage drawn in pale blue, green and black enamels, the body inscribed in black enamel Mengyun jushi zhi, the cyclical date dingchou dong corresponding to the winter of 1877 and signed Cheng Men followed by seals reading Men and xue li, the wide foot and recessed base left unglazed.
25 1/2in (64.7cm) high
Footnotes
The artist Cheng Men was one of the most famous late Qing painters of porcelain in the qianjiang style, using pale gradations of black and colored enamels in imitation of Chinese literati landscape painting. For a discussion of the technique and his importance, see Simon Kwan, Chinese Porcelain of the Republic Period, 2008, pp. 11-12 (in Chinese) and pp. 34-36 (in English); and cat. nos. 1 & 2, pp. 60-63 for two examples of his work.
A number of containers and landscape plaques either by or after the painter were sold in our London, New Bond Street sale 18981, 10 November 2011, in particular lot 597. A square-sectioned vase by the artist sold most recently in our San Francisco sale 22378, 10 March 2015, lot 8170. However the present vase seems to be the largest work by Cheng Men to come onto the auction market.














