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TWO POLYCHROME ENAMELED PORCELAIN PLAQUES A POLYCHROME ENAMELED PLAQUE
The near-pair both depicting a scholar and his child attendant beneath Depicting a pair of cranes overlooking a sunset river vista on a
a gnarled tree: the first a wizened elder supervising his boy gathering rocky promontory beside a grove of pines and lingzhi, bearing a
a basket of flower blossoms, the second a depiction of Su Shi freely painted calligraphic inscription perhaps including a kuiwei
appreciating an ink-stone as identified by the four- character red seal nian cyclical date.
reading Dongpo cang yan to the lower corner (chip to second). 14 3/4in (37.5cm) approximate visual height of porcelain exclusive
32 1/4in (82cm) approximate height of each of frame
$4,000 - 6,000 $1,000 - 1,500

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AN ASSEMBLED GROUP OF FOUR POLYCHROME A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED FIGURAL PLAQUE
ENAMELED PLAQUES Late Qing/Republic period
All of vertical rectangular shape, the first two a pair depicting riverside Depicting the Eight Immortals and the Hehe twins at a drinking
vistas within a pink-ground vine and lotus border, both inscribed and party in the woods, the elderly Zhang Guolao, the rotund Zhongli
dated cyclically to the dingwei nian year (equivalent to 1967); the Quan, and the mobility-impaired Li Tieguai all seated waiting for He
third slightly larger, depicting a willow grove shading a boy atop an ox Xiangu to serve them wine while the remainder stand nearby their
suspending a group of books from his horns; and the fourth of similar identifying implement.
size, depicting a bearded and possibly foreign warrior watching a beauty 14 3/4 x 18 3/4in (37.5 x 47.5cm) approximate visual dimensions
primp in the mirror through a circular window in the side of a house. of porcelain
14 3/4in (37.5cm) approximate visual height of porcelain (third and largest) $1,500 - 2,500
$1,500 - 2,500
2295
2291 A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED CIRCULAR PLAQUE
A QIANJIANGCAI ENAMELED PLAQUE Republic period
Dated by inscription to 1894 Painted in bright enamels with figures crossing a bridge toward a
The typical pastel hues depicting fishing boats, pagodas and tiny village visible along a water course bordered by trees and distant hills;
pavilions all within a mountainous riverside landscape, the calligraphic now mounted behind cloth-covered mats, framed and glazed.
inscription including the jiawu nian date, an ode to Shen Zhou, and 10 1/2in (26.5cm) diameter of plaque
bearing a signature reading Cheng Bi and seals possibly reading qing 22 3/4in (58cm) square frame
hua and yin. $1,000 - 1,500
21 3/4in (55.2cm) approximate visual height of porcelain exclusive of frame
$2,000 - 3,000 Provenance
Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, sale 20037, 2 October
2292 2012, lot 1099
A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELED FIGURAL PLAQUE
Depicting a lady elegantly dressed in intricately enameled attire leaning
on her young attendant and demurely addressing a similarly elaborately
rendered male figure, the bottom left corner bearing a four-character
iron-red hall mark reading le gu tang zhi within a square cartouche.
21 1/4in (54cm) approximate visual height of porcelain exclusive of frame
$2,000 - 3,000

The intricate and angular treatment of the figures’ elaborate garb, and
the idiosyncratic but still aesthetically pleasing physiognomy of their
faces are notably similar in style to the work of Fang Yunfeng (1897-
1957) as published in Chinese Porcelain of the Republic Period: the
Muwen Tang Collection Series vol. 6 Hong Kong, 2008. See pp 296-
299, no. 121 and especially 122.

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