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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, PHILADELPHIA

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TWO ENAMELED FIGURES OF IMMORTALS
IMPRESSED SEALS OF ZENG LONGSHENG, REPUBLIC PERIOD

The standing fgures are modeled as two of the Eight Immortals, Han Xiangzi, patron of music, and Cao Guojiu, patron of theater. The
frst wears a short robe tied at the waist and holds a Chinese fute, and the second wears a long robe fastened with an oficial’s belt and
holds a clapper (paiban). A maker’s mark, Zeng Longsheng, is stamped on each base.

15º and 14æ in. (38.7 and 37.5 cm.) high (2)
$10,000-15,000

(mark)

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Philadelphia, acquired prior to 1960, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Zeng Longsheng (1901-1964) was a celebrated potter at the Jingdezhen kilns who specialized in fgural sculptures. A complete set
of the Eighteen Luohan by Zeng Longsheng can be found in the collection of the University Museum and Art Gallery, The University
of Hong Kong. The set was donated to the museum by Sir Kenneth Ping-fan Fung. An enameled and biscuit fgure of a luohan with
a young boy, bearing Zeng Longsheng’s maker’s mark, was sold at Christie’s New York, 18-19 September 2014, lot 983.

民國 曾龍昇作粉彩韓湘子及曹國舅立像各一

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