REPUBLIC PERIOD, WUCHEN CYCLICAL YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1928 AND OF THE PERIOD

The two artists, Wang Qi (1884-1937) and Wang Yeting (1884-1942) were both considered the 'Eight Friends of Zhushan, the former being the most outstanding, and influential, among this group of masters. In 1922, Wang Qi became the vice-president of the Ciyue Meishu Yanjiushe, 'Porcelain Painting Research Institute'; and founded the Yue Yuan Hui, 'The Full Moon Society' in 1928 which sets the foundation for the promotion of ceramic art for the Eight Friends of Zhushan and its followers. Wang Qi specialised in the area of painting figures in landscape; for two vases bearing his studio name, Taotao Zhai, cf. Chinese Porcelain of the Republic Period, The Muwen Tang Collection Series, 6, 2008, pp. 114-117, nos. 28 (dated 1933) and 29 (1927). Wang Yeting, on the other hand, is renowned for his landscape paintings, particularly in the style of the four great landscape painters of the Qing dynasty known as the 'Four Wangs': Wang Shimin (1642-1715), Wang Hui (1632-1717), Wang Jian (1598-1677) and Wang Yuanqi (1642-1715). For examples of Wang Yueting's work see, ibid., pp. 124-145, nos. 33-43.