A FRAMED PORCELAIN 'FISH' PLAQUE

DENG BISHAN (1874-1930), EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRAMED PORCELAIN 'FISH' PLAQUE
DENG BISHAN (1874-1930), EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The rectangular panel is decorated with five fish swimming amongst aquatic plants, all beside a two-line inscription ending with a small iron-red seal mark reading 'Deng shi'. There is a further iron-red seal mark reading 'Deng Bishan yin' to the lower left corner.
32 x 8 in. (81.2 x 20.3 cm.), wood frame

Provenance

Formerly in a French Private Collection amassed in the early 20th Century.

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Lot Essay

The long poetic inscription praises the beauty of the depicted fish swimming through the waves and amongst the reeds. The two iron-red seal marks refer to the artist Deng Bishan (1874-1930), one of the 'Zhu shan ba you', 'Eight Friends of Pearl Mountain', who is renowned for his fish paintings.

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