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A SET OF TWELVE ENAMELED PORCELAIN PLAQUES
Late Qing/Republic period
Comprised of two sets of six horizontal rectangular plaques mounted
in two tall wooden frames, each depicting varied village figures and
beasts of burden engaged in seasonal activities of sericulture and
agriculture.
46in (117cm) total height of frames
9 3/4in (25cm) visible width of porcelain (12).
$20,000 - 30,000
Perhaps inspired by several series of painted ‘Scenes of Ploughing and
Weaving’ (arguably the most famous by Jiao Bingzhen in 1681), most
of the plaques in the present lot seem to depict varied scenes of rice
farming, with only two depicting the harvesting of mulberry leaves and
the hanging of silk skeins.
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