SIGNED PAN TAOYU (CIRCA 1887-1926), DATED XINYOU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1921

Pan Taoyu (1887-1926), whose studio name is Guhuan, was a late Qing/early Republic porcelain artists based in Poyang, Jiangxi Province. Known for his excellence in classical Chinese painting, he taught at the Jiangxi Ceramics School in Poyang while actively participating porcelain-painting at the Jingdezhen kilns at his leisure. With his meticulous techniques demonstrated in the famille-rose palette, he was considered one of the founding figures who brought porcelain-painting at Jingdezhen into the 20th century. Many famous artists, including members of the Eight Friends of Zhushan, such as Wang Yeting (1884-1942) and Liu Yucen (1904-1969), were his students.