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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 12, 2018 | Sotheby's | New York | Important Chinese Art | 384 | $****** - ****** | Good | TWO FAMILLE-ROSE 'FIGURAL' |
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81 x 20.5 cm (31.89 x 8.07 in)
two plaques
the first: followed by an inscription, dated Republic 18th year, corresponding to 1929, and an artist seal reading Dafan; the second: followed by an inscription, dated yisi year, corresponding to 1929, and two artist seals reading Kun and Dafan
Acquired in New York, early 1980s.
both rectangular panels finely enameled, the first, painted with the story of Fan Li delighting in a reclusive life with Xi Shi on the Five Lakes, the renowned Spring and Autumn period military strategist of Yue depicted sitting together with Xi Shi, one of the Four Beauties, in a sampan boat journeying on a lake, with a gnarled overhanging willow tree in the foreground and a distant pavilion in the background, accompanied by a poem on the same subject written by the Yuan dynasty poet Li Huan, followed by an inscription, dated Republic 18th year, corresponding to 1929, and an artist seal reading Dafan; the second, depicting Hong Fu Nü visiting the Tang dynasty general Li Jing at night, the legendary beauty depicted wearing a shawl conversing with an attendant holding a candle at the gate to a pavilion, accompanied by a related poem written by the Ming dynasty poet Gao Qi, followed by an inscription, dated yisi year, corresponding to 1929, and two artist seals reading Kun and Dafan (2)
Height 31 7/8 in., 81 cm; Width 8 1/8 in., 20.5 cm
