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 A RUBY-GROUND   Literature comparison:   A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN BRUSH POT BY ZHANG ZHITANG   Literature comparison: Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Sotheby’s,
 FAMILLE-ROSE   Chinese Art including   (1893-1971)            New York, March 20 , 2012, lot 319. (for a similar brush pot)
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 SGRAFFIATO   Selected Works of Art   Porcelain with fine enamel painting
 ‘LANDSCAPE’ BOWL,   from the T.Y. Chao Family   China, “in the summer month of the year wuzi”, which is 1948  ⻝⽿㸗炷1893-1971炸Ⱦ䰱⼑Ⱉ㯜䫮䫺ȿġ
 SEAL MARK AND PERIOD   Collection. Sotheby’s, Hong            昞䒟炻䏢䎭慱
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 OF DAOGUANG   Kong, November 30 , 2017,   Painted round the sides with a continuous riverscape with trees and misty   ᷕ⚳炻Ḵ⋩ᶾ䲨
 Porcelain with fine enamel   lot 652. (for a related bowl)   peaks in the background, incorporating rustic dwellings, several figures in   䫮䫺⢾⡩ẍ⮓シㇳ㱽䔓㺧Ḯ㧡㛐␴暚曏丂丆䘬ⰙⲘ炻側㘗䁢悱㛹⮷⯳炻凡
 painting and carved      boats on a lake, signed Zhang Zhitang with one seal reading Zhitang, the   ᶲ㚱Ṣ䈑ˤ⻝⽿㸗⮓娑᷎句㫦烉庽凇㴖㯜朊/剛⼹⺽Ⱉ⁊/ㆲ⫸⸜⢷㚰㗇㰇⻝
 sgraffiato decor   忻⃱㫦冯⸜ẋ䰱⼑傕傪䲭⛘  countersunk base with one seal Yitao Zhai (Yitao Studio), the inscription   ⽿㸗⭊㕤䎈Ⱉ
 China, Daoguang period   平忻攳⃱Ⱉ㯜⚾䙴  reading “the light boat hovers above the lake, the scented path leads to
 1821-1850   昞䒟炻䏢䎭⼑炻平忻   the dwelling in the mountain”.        ⻝⽿㸗炷1893-1971炸⛐ℓ㬚㗪攳⥳⬠佺䒟☐ˤ Ṿ⛐1937⸜军1944⸜攻⯌
    ᷕ⚳炻忻⃱炷1821-1850炸                                           ℞㳣帵炻䔞㗪Ṿᷣ天⛐䒟㜧ᶲ䔓桐㘗䔓ˤ 㖑⸜Ṿ⍿⬳⃫Ⱉ㯜䔓䘬⼙枧ˤ
 With deep rounded sides,      Zhang Zhitang (1893-1971) began learning to paint on porcelain when he   1945⸜⼴炻Ṿ⛐㰇大昞䒟⬠昊␴㘗⽟捖昞䒟⬠昊㑼ả嫃ⷓˤ Ṿ䘬ⶍἄ⭌
 the exterior painted with   ⚾䙴㔆⎋⢾㐯炻⢾⡩ᶲ䰱⼑丒  was just eight years old. He was most productive between the years of 1937   ⎵⎓“Ṏ昞滳”ˤ
 four medallions depicting   墥攳⃱Ⱉ㯜炻平忻㘿⇣丷㝅剙  - 1944 when he mostly painted landscapes on porcelain plaques.  In his early   䫮䫺⼊⯢⮠烉檀15 cm
 mountainous landscapes,   ⋱䲳炻ℏ悐丒㚱ᶨ⚰ℓ奺⼊剙  years he was influenced by Song and Yuan landscape painting.  After 1945,   ⑩䚠㤝⤥
 all divided by floral scrolls,   ⋱䲳慹⼑炻䠿⸽⎗夳曺剙慱ᶳ  he held posts as an instructor at the Jiangxi Provincial Pottery College and   James E. Breece III 㓞啷 (㓞啷㧁䯥夳䫮䫺⸽悐)
 the interior painted with a   ⼑ℕ⫿㫦ˤ  the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute.  His studio name was Yitao Zhai.  㔯䌣⍫侫烉˪ᷕ⚳䱦伶昞䒟冯ⶍ喅⑩˫炻喯⭴㭼炻䲸䲬炻2012⸜3㚰20㖍炻319
 stylized octagonal rosette   䠿⼊                               嘇㉵⑩炷⎎ᶨẞ䚠Ụ䫮䫺炸
 highlighted in gilt, the base   ⯢⮠烉䚜⼹14,5 cm    Shape: Brush pot
 with a six-character seal   ⑩䚠列⤥炻怲䶋㚱⮷塪䷓炻⒯  Dimensions: 15 cm (height)   Estimate EUR 1.000,-
 mark painted in blue under   㱧ᶲ㚱⮷柮䰺  Condition: Excellent     Starting price EUR 500,-
 the glaze.  伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷  Provenance: Collection of James E. Breece III (collection label to bottom)
 㔯䌣⍫侫烉˪ᷕ⚳喅埻⑩⊭㊔
 Shape: Bowl   嵁⽆埵⭞㕷㓞啷喅埻䍵⑩˫炻
 Dimensions: 14,5 cm   喯⭴㭼炻楁㷗炻2017⸜11㚰30
 (diameter)   㖍炻652嘇㉵⑩ (ᶨᾳ䚠Ụ䠿)
 Condition: Good condition
 with ‘y’ form hairline on   Estimate EUR 1.500,-
 the rim and some scattered   Starting price EUR 750,-
 fritting on the lip
 Provenance: American
 private collection


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