Chen Guozhi (ca. 1800–1860) was a prominent Jingdezhen ceramicist active during the Daoguang (1821–1850) and Xianfeng (1851–1861) reigns. Renowned for his refined carving and glazing, he was among a small group of independent artists, including Wang Binrong and Li Youcheng, who signed their works, a rare practice in this period.
A notable example is a turquoise-glazed, relief-decorated biscuit brush pot bearing the mark Da Qing Daoguang Chen Guozhi zao (“Made by Chen Guozhi of the Daoguang reign”), illustrated in J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, pp. 246–7, no. 340. Another is a yellow-enamelled brush pot with a landscape and figures, marked Chen Guozhi zuo (“Made by Chen Guozhi”), illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 55, no. 49. See a yellow-glazed brush pot by the artist sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 November 2012, lot 2373.