REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-49), TONGYUN SHANFANG IRON-RED SEAL, ARTISTS SEAL OF WANG XIAOTANG (1885-1924)

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A PAIR OF FINELY ENAMELLED FAMILLE ROSE VASES
REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-49), TONGYUN SHANFANG IRON-RED SEAL, ARTISTS SEAL OF WANG XIAOTANG (1885-1924)
Each painted with a fine depiction of Liuhai trailing a string of gold coins before a three-legged toad, two iron red seals of the artist reading Wang Di, and Xiaotang, iron-red seal to base 'Mountain Lodge with red clouds', a studio mark of the artist
12¾in. (32.4cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Peter Wain, Heavenly Pieces, An Exhibition of Chinese Porcelain of the Early 20th Century, May 1993, Shropshire, England, pp. 20. no. 23.

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Lot Essay

Wang Xiaotang (1885-1924)
One of the two most famous porcelain painters of Jingdezhen in the early years of the Republic. He specialised in figure painting and used pale refined colours becoming a pioneer in the field of porcelain painting in Jingdezhen. His figures depicted with meticulous brushwork and textile patterns carefully delineated.

For further information regarding this artist see Simon Kwan, 'Hongxian Porcelain and the role of Wang Xiaotang', Orientations, ed. Elizabeth Knight, Hong Kong, Oct 1991,p.65, and Simon Kwan, Brush and Clay, Chinese Porcelain of the early 20th century, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 105-6.

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