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A SET OF THREE PORCELAIN PLAQUES DEPICTING BIRDS
8055 AND FLOWERS
40 | BONHAMS Liu Yucen (1904 - 1969)
The porcelain plaques of vertical rectangular format, the first
depicting three roosters inspecting an insect among yellow peonies,
the second illustrating red-feathered birds among plum blossoms
and bamboo by a waterfall, the last showing mandarin ducks amid
bamboo and lotus, each signed and sealed by Liu Yucen, one plaque
dated bingxu (1946), each mounted in a wood frame.
32 x 8 1/4in (81.3 x 21cm) long
US$4,000 - 6,000
劉雨岑 粉彩花鳥圖瓷版三片 丙戍年款(1946年)
8055
TWO PAINTED BISCUIT HEADS
Attributed to Zeng Longsheng (1901-1964)
Both ceramic heads are finely sculpted and painted with great
sensitivity, the first being a lifelike depiction of Bodhidharma and the
second being a more stylized rendering of Buddha, with blue hair
and a red ushnisha.
4 3/4in (17cm) height of the larger
US$3,000 - 5,000
傳曾龍昇 瓷繪頭像兩尊
See a group of six biscuit heads of luohan sold at Sotheby’s New
York, 21 March 2015, sale 9360, lot 882.
