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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SAN FRANCISCO COLLECTION

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A SET OF FOUR POLYCHROME ENAMELED PANELS
Signed Wang Yizhi
Each of tall vertical section depicting a scholar and his boy or lady
attendant in a garden setting, beneath lengthy inscriptions bearing
signatures reading Wang Yizhi, seals reading Yizhi and the possibly
apocryphal dates jisi nian (equivalent to 1929).
32 1/4in (82cm) visible height of porcelain exclusive of frames

$10,000 - 15,000

之款 彩四 板一組四件

Provenance
In a family collection since before the 1950s, by repute

Si Ai, or the ‘Four Affections,’ refer to four celebrated scholars in
Chinese history remembered for their specific affection for a particular
object-- bordering at times on mania. There does seem to be some
differences in opinion as to which four scholars should be included
in the group, but the four depicted here are likely Wang Xizhi and his
ducks, Tao Yuanming and his chrysanthemums, Mi Fu and his rocks,
and Li Hejing and his cranes and prunus blossoms.

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