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The Property of a Lady 女士藏品                                                 The inscription may be translated as:
                                                                            “Amidst the broad sky, above the autumn waters, the evening sun
238                                                                         hovers; returning with a cane in hand from red trees and wooded
A fine pair of famille rose ‘landscape’ panels                              pavillion. I ask the elderly gentleman with a laugh ‘From where are you
Wang Yeting (1884-1942)                                                     returning?’; He took along a qin to visit a friend across the western
One panel enamelled with a fisherman in a pink cloak on a low raft          bridge. In the style of Shigu and Yunlin. Written by Chuanfang jushi
moored on a river under an overhanging cliff, the river receding into       Wang Yeting.
high domed mountains, the other panel with three small figures crossing     Winding waters coil round the mountain and ancient temple, red clouds
an arched bridge over a winding river overlooked by a thatched pavilion     drift and wrap around the solitary village; The old tree hangs from the
perched atop a cliff, with further huts and fishing boats in the distance,  stone cliff, the fishing boat moored beside the lake’s bank. Inscribed
wood frames.                                                                and painted by the owner of the Thatched Hall of Pingshan, Yeting
Each panel 20.5cm x 81cm (8in x 32in) (2).                                  Wangping.”
£30,000 - 50,000                                                            A pair of famille rose rectangular ‘landscape’ panels, dated 21st Year of
HK$350,000 - 590,000 CNY280,000 - 470,000                                   the Republic (AD1932), with signature of Wang Yeting, from the same
汪野亭 粉彩山水圖瓷板一對                                                               collection, was sold in these rooms on 17 May 2012, lot 397.
                                                                            Wang Yeting (1884-1942) was one of the well known members of the
Provenance: an Italian private collection and thence by descent             Jingdezhen porcelain painting group known as the ‘Eight Friends of
來源:意大利私人收藏,並由家族繼承下去                                                         Zhushan’. See also a plaque signed by Wang Yeting and a vase with the
                                                                            seal mark of Wang Yeting, both from the Anthony Evans Collection,
款識:                                                                         which were sold in these rooms, 10 November 2011, lots 596 and 605
長天秋水夕陽飛,紅樹林亭策杖回。笑問阿翁何處返,攜琴訪友過橋西。                                            respectively.
石谷、雲林法。傳芳居士汪野亭寫意。
水繞山環古寺,霞飛雲擁孤村。老木懸垂石壁,漁舟繫泊湖汀。平山草堂
主人野亭汪平書畫並題。

印文:平印、野亭

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