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A SET OF FOUR FAMILLE ROSE ‘FOUR SEASONS’ PLAQUES                                                              Three of the plaques with “Gulbenkian Museum, Durham” labels to the
REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949)                                                                                    reverse, accession numbers L.J. 18a, b, and c.

Each plaque is delicately enamelled depicting fgures and houses in                                             Wang Hui (1632-1717) was a famous Chinese landscape painter.
mountainous river landscapes in the four seasons. Three of the plaques have
an apocryphal Qianlong iron-red seal mark, and one plaque with a seal reading                                  民國 粉彩四季山水圖瓷板一套四件
Wang Hui.                                                                                                      來源:其中三件有英國達拉謨’Gulbenkian Museum’標籤
The porcelain, 7æ in. (19.7 cm.) high, wood frames

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£2,000-3,000  $2,900-4,300
              €2,600-3,800

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