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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
~1846
A SET OF FOUR ENAMELED PORCELAIN PLAQUES
REPUBLIC PERIOD
PROVENANCE
Each plaque is delicately painted with a ferocious tiger shown with its mouth Acquired in Hong Kong, late 1970s.
open while standing on rocks in a mountainous landscape. All four plaques
have an inscription incorporating a signature, Bi Yuanming, and three also have Bi Yuanming (1907-1991) was the son of Bi Botao (1886-1961), one of the
a cyclical date, guichou (1973). members of the revered ‘Eight Friends of Zhushan’ group. While infuenced by
his father’s skills and knowledge in painting, he also developed his own unique
Each with frame: 40 x 16 in. ( 101.6 x 40.6 cm.), hongmu frames
style, which can be seen on his signature paintings of tigers.
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$25,000-35,000 民國 畢淵明款粉彩虎嘯圖屏一組四幅
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