SIGNED CHENG YITING (1895-1948), REPUBLIC PERIOD

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A SET OF FOUR FAMILLE ROSE ‘FLOWERS OF THE FOUR SEASONS’ PLAQUES
SIGNED CHENG YITING (1895-1948), REPUBLIC PERIOD
Each plaque is finely and delicately enamelled to depict one of the ‘Flowers of the Four Seasons’, each accompanied by a different species of bird. The ‘spring’ panel depicts a peacock below a large flowering peony branch; the ‘summer’ panel depicts a pair of mandarin ducks amongst lotus flowers; the ‘autumn’ panel is decorated with a hawk and two smaller birds in flight above chrysanthemum and asters; and the ‘winter’ panel is decorated with two magpies perched on a prunus branch. Two panels bear iron red seals reading ‘Pei gu zhai’ (Studio of Respect for the Ancient) and the other two reading ‘Cheng yin’ (Seal of Cheng).
31 ½ x 8 in. (80 x 20.5 cm.) (4)

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Please note the measurement for each frame should be 80 x 20.5 cm.
請注意，本拍品每件掛屏尺寸應為80 x 20.5公分。

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Lot Essay

For an overview of the artists’ plaques depicting birds amongst lotus and chrysanthemum, see those from the Muwentang Collection published in Simon Kwan, Chinese Porcelain of the Republic Period, Hong Kong, 2008, nos. 44, 45, 47, 49, and 50.

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