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A VERY RARE FAMILLE ROSE BRUSHPOT, BITONG The present brushpot is a result of a rare artistic collaboration dated to
Signed Wang Yeting and Wang Qi, cyclically dated jiazi year, 1924 between two of the most famous members of the ‘Eight Friends
corresponding to 1924 and of the period of Zhushan’.
The cylindrical body delicately enamelled around the exterior with a
mountainous landscape, the foreground with large blossoming trees Wang Yeting (1884-1942), who painted the landscape on the present
above pavilions, beside two sages with a boy-attendant carrying a qin brushpot, was a founding member of the ‘Eight Friends of Zhushan’
behind them, further mountains in the distance separated by a river, and was famous for his strong brushwork on his landscapes. Wan
with seal and signature of Wang Yeting, and another longer inscription Yeting was strongly influenced by the Qing orthodox master Wang
of a section from ‘Stele for Cao E’, Cao E Bei, in clerical script with Hui (1632-1717) and show Yeting’s attempt to evoke the spirit of
seal and signature of Wang Qi. antiquity. His landscapes are characterised by gradual build-up of
13.7cm (5 3/8in) high. mountain forms and generous application of dots to denote moss and
plants. See for example, a vase painted with a landscape by Wang
£15,000 - 20,000 Yeting showing similar treatment of the mountains and dotted leaves,
CNY130,000 - 180,000 illustrated in Brush and Clay: Chinese Porcelain of the Early 20th
Century, Hong Kong, 1990, no.35.
一九二四年 汪野亭、王琦作 粉彩山水人物圖詩文筆筒
Wang Qi (1884-1937), who painted the calligraphy on the present
Provenance: Peter Wain (1943-2015), Anglesey brushpot, was also a member of the ‘Eight Friends of Zhushan’ and
An English private collection, acquired from the above on was considered an outstanding porcelain painter and a doyen of the
12 September 2005, and thence by descent group. He was influenced by the calligraphic style of painting by Huang
Shen (1687-after 1768), one of the ‘Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou’,
來源：英國安格爾西古董商Peter Wain（1943-2015） although Wang Qi asserted his own individual style.
英國私人收藏，於2005年9月12日購自上者，並由後人保存迄今
See a related square brushpot, by Wang Yeting and Wang Qi, which
was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2010, lot 3278.

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