Lot 498
  • 498

A FAMILLE-ROSE 'LANDSCAPE' PLAQUE BY WANG YETING (1884-1942) DATED TO THE JIMAO YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1939

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • porcelain
the foreground painted with a lush spring scene of a scholar crossing a bridge with his attendant carrying his qin, walking towards a habitation surrounded by prunus and willow trees, with a lake and mountains in the distance, inscribed with a poetic verse and dedicatory inscription, dated and signed Yeting Wang Ping, with two seals reading Yeting and Wang Ping

Provenance

St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1980.

Condition

There is a chip to the right lower edge of the panel. The name of the person the panel is dedicated to has been scratched off. There are marks left by the frame on the top and left edges.
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