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A SET OF FOUR FAMILLE-ROSE Zixu, who signed the present plaques. However,
‘FIGURAL’ PLAQUES, SIGNED ZIXU the paintings seem to possess stylistic traits
REPUBLIC PERIOD in uenced by Wang Xiaotang (1885-1924)
and Wang Dafan (1888-1961), who were both
each nely painted with a garden scene depicting porcelain masters of the early 20th century
one of the legendary beauties in Chinese and renowned for gural painting. Wang Dafan
tradition, including Diao Chan, Lu Meier, Hong studied under Wang Xiaotang, and later became
Funü, and Ma Gu, accompanied by a poetic one of the ‘Eight Friends of Zhushan’. Compare
inscription and a red seal, three plaques dated to a set of four famille-rose plaques by Wang
the guiyou year, corresponding to 1933, framed Xiaotang, in the Muwentang Collection, illustrated
(4) in Simon Kwan, Chinese Porcelain of the Republic
Height 29⅜ in., 74.5 cm; Width 7½ in., 19.1 cm Period, Hong Kong, 2008, pl. 8; see also a plaque
by Wang Dafan, ibid., pl. 70.
The literati school of porcelain painting gained
immense popularity during the Republic period $ 25,000-35,000
(1912-1949). With Jingdezhen serving as the
center of production, several generations of
great porcelain painters emerged. Of those
artists, there is no record of one by the name of
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