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TWO MOULDED YELLOW-GLAZED BOXES AND COVERS 十九世紀末/二十世紀初 黃釉山水高士圖蓋盒 一組兩件
LATE 19TH- EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The frst box is of quatrelobed form. The cover is skilfully decorated with
scholars in a mountainous landscape and the sides with a geometric design. 來源:
It is covered to the exterior and base with a pale yellow glaze, the interior is
applied with a turquoise glaze. The base has an apocryphal Qianlong mark. 英國私人珍藏, 法國私人舊藏, 大部分於1960年代及1970
The second circular box is decorated with scholars by a pavilion in a landscape. 年代在巴黎所購,家傳至今
The base has a three-character mark reading Rong Sheng. It is covered with a
pale yellow glaze to the exterior and a turquoise glaze to the interior.
5½ in. (14 cm.) wide; 3¼ in. (8.3 cm) diam. (2)
£5,000-8,000 US$6,600-10,000
€5,900-9,300
PROVENANCE:
Private English Collection, formerly in a private collection in France, most
of which was purchased in Paris during the 1960s and 1970s, and thence by
descent to the present owner.
These boxes are both decorated in the style of Wang Bingrong. Wang
Bingrong was one of the fnest of a small group of independent ceramicists
of the mid-19th century who began to emerge from the traditionally
(mark)
anonymous production of ceramics at Jingdezhen by signing their names,
developing distinctive styles and acquiring fame. His dates are not known,
but Wang probably worked from sometime during the Daoguang period into
the second half of the nineteenth century.

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