A SET OF FOUR 'QIANJIANG' ENAMELED 'LANDSCAPE' PLAQUES, BY CHENG MEN, LATE QING DYNASTY

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September 23, 08:35 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A SET OF FOUR 'QIANJIANG' ENAMELED 'LANDSCAPE' PLAQUES

BY CHENG MEN, LATE QING DYNASTY

清末程門作淺絳彩山水高士圖瓷板一套四屏

each of rectangular form, finely painted in thinly applied enamels with various scenes of scholars in riverscapes with monumental mountains, tranquil water, lush trees, and secluded pavilions, the first depicted with a scholar in a sampan fishing on a lake, the second with a scholar on a donkey traveling along a mountain path accompanied by an attendant, the third with two scholars conversing in a cottage, the fourth with a traveling scholar accompanied by an attendant carrying a qin, each inscribed with a poem accompanying the scene, followed by a signed inscription and an artist seal (4)

題識：

扁舟一釣竿蕩漾晴波裏滄風發浩漪鷗鷺皆驚起仿清湘老人筆意門誌

秋盡漲痕缩日高林影重青驢雖蕞爾編踏萬千峰笠道人作於昌江官舍

泉韻與松風入耳皆佳妙況乃故人來掀髯當一笑雪笠氏程門

曉來霜氣發楓葉紅於染為訪知音人抱琴登絕嶽笠道人並題

印文：

笠

松生

程

Height 16⅝ in., 42.3 cm; Width 10⅛ in., 25.6 cm

Collection of Dr. Harry Willis Miller (1879-1977), acquired in Asia while working as a medical missionary, and thence by descent.

來源

Harry Willis Miller 醫生 (1879-1977) 收藏，於亞洲任職醫學傳教士期間入藏，此後家族傳承

Cheng Men (d. before 1908), zi Songsheng, hao Xueli or Lidaoren, was a porcelain painting master active during the late Qing dynasty. He practiced in the qianjiang enameling style, which is characterized by its use of a restrained palette in pale washes, giving the porcelains painted in this style the look of watercolors. This style is said to be based on literati painting, and was popular during the late Qing and early Republic periods. Compare a porcelain plaque by Cheng Men, painted with a scholar and an attendant carrying qin in a landscape, in the Muwentang Collection, illustrated in Simon Kwan, Chinese Porcelain of the Republic Period, Hong Kong, 2008, pl. 1; and a set of four landscape plaques, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30th May 2012, lot 4266.