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PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG FAMILY COLLECTION Wang Qi (1884-1937), a native of Xinjianxian, Jiangxi province,
is one of the founding members of the Zhushan Bayou (Eight
A FAMILLE-ROSE TABLE SCREEN
Friends of Zhushan) active in early 20th century. Compare a
SIGNED WANG QI, REPUBLICAN PERIOD table screen signed Wang Qi depicting Zhong Kui, included
in the exhibition Brush and Clay. Chinese Porcelain of the
painted with a general, possibly Guo Ziyi, holding a tablet and
Early 20th Century, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong,
accompanied by his attendant and maiden, with an inscription
1990, cat. nos 22 and 23; and also a plaque depicting the
and two seals reading Xichang Wang Qi and Taozhai
plaque: 38.2 by 24.5 cm, 15 by 9⅝ in. scene of ‘Releasing the Crane from Gushan’, illustrated in D.S.
Howard, A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai and Hong
overall h. 58.5 cm, 23 in.
Kong, London, 1997, pl. 357, sold in our London rooms, 7th
HK$ 50,000-70,000 November 2007, lot 483. See also a set of four famille-rose
US$ 6,400-9,000 ‘Eight-Immortals’ panels dated to 1930, sold in our New York
rooms, 17th March 2015, lot 295.
民國 王琦款粉彩富貴壽考圖插屏
《西昌王琦》、《匋齋》款 王琦（1884-1937年），江西省新建縣人，「珠山八友」
之一，此八友皆為文人雅士，於二十世紀初名噪一時。王
琦善用快筆抒寫，所繪人物新穎離奇，留白處附草書題
詩，洋洋灑灑。另見王琦款插屏一例，繪鍾馗，展於《
瓷藝與畫藝 : 二十世紀前期的中國瓷器》，香港藝術館，
香港，1990年，編號22及23；另一例，繪孤山放鶴圖，
錄於 D.S. Howard，《A Tale of Three Cities: Canton,
Shanghai and Hong Kong》，倫敦，1997年，圖版357
，後售於倫敦蘇富比2007年11月7日，編號483。另比
粉彩八仙圖瓷板一套四屏，1930年作，售於紐約蘇富比
2015年3月17日，編號295。
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