PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROSALIND CHING PASTOR
Lot 17
Two polychrome enameled porcelain plaques of sages Attributed to Wang Dafan and Wang Qi, Republic Period
14 December 2020, 10:00 PST
Los AngelesSold for US$50,312.50 inc. premium
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Two polychrome enameled porcelain plaques of sages
Attributed to Wang Dafan and Wang Qi, Republic Period
Both of vertical rectangular section, the first depicting a sage looking towards birds in the sky, the inscription bearing the signature Wang Kun and bearing a seal reading Dafan; the second depicting a wizened elder besides his boy acolyte carrying a basket of chrysanthemums, the lengthy calligraphic inscription bearing the signature Wang Qi and bearing additional seals reading Xichang Wang Qi and taomi
15in (38cm) visible height of porcelain (2).
Both of vertical rectangular section, the first depicting a sage looking towards birds in the sky, the inscription bearing the signature Wang Kun and bearing a seal reading Dafan; the second depicting a wizened elder besides his boy acolyte carrying a basket of chrysanthemums, the lengthy calligraphic inscription bearing the signature Wang Qi and bearing additional seals reading Xichang Wang Qi and taomi
15in (38cm) visible height of porcelain (2).
Footnotes
Bonhams has sold several plaques bearing the signature of Wang Dafan. The best show a precision and cleverness hinted at by the plaque in the present lot bearing his signature. See for example the reclining inebriated Li Bo depicted in lot 8354 offered in our San Francisco sale 21033 17 December 2013.
The plaque here bearing the signature of Wang Qi does also share several key similarities to other polychrome enameled plaques sold as by his hand. See for example the depiction of a sage with boy attendant sold as lot 483 in Sotheby's London sale of 7 November 2007.
