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       Lot 816


       A RARE PAIR OF ENAMELED 'LUOHAN' DISHES, SIGNED WANG BU, REPUB LIC PERIOD
       Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD


       A RARE PAIR OF ENAMELED 'LUOHAN' DISHES, SIGNED WANG BU
       REPUBLIC PERIOD
       民國 粉彩海慧談經圖盤一對 《長湖》款


       each masterfully painted in a highly eccentric style, the first depicting a luohan seated on a mat of leaves and holding a long slab
       supporting a small cup, with a pile of sutra albums set aside and a misty waterfall in the background, accompanied by four stylized
       archaistic characters reading Haihui tanjing (Haihui discussing sutra), followed by an inscription and two characters Zhuxi and a
       square seal Wang Bu, the base inscribed with a two-character seal mark changhu (long lake); the second painted with a seated
       luohan contemplating among vaporous clouds, similarly inscribed and marked (2)


       題識:
       海慧談經 竹溪


       印文:
       王步

       Diameter 8⅝ in., 22 cm




       Provenance
       French Private Collection, acquired at Hôtel Drouot, Paris (by repute).

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