A porcelain plaque of a bird
A famille rose rectangular plaque
Republic Period, signed and sealed Cheng Yiting
Delicately and brightly enamelled in shades of green, pink, yellow, coral-red and blue with a bird perching and singing on a bamboo stalk among branches of leafy blossoms and berries, inscribed and sealed at the left. 39.5cm x 26.7cm (15½in x 10½in)
Sold for £79,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: purchased in the late 1990s from Dominic Jellinek Ltd. and Carter Oriental Ltd. who are believed to have originally bought them directly from the late Anthony Evans, the well-known collector of 20th century Chinese porcelain.

    民國 粉彩花鳥圖瓷板 「程意亭」款

    款識: 意亭寫
    鈴印: 程甫、意亭

    來源:於二十世紀九十年代晚期購自Dominic Jellinek Ltd.和Carter Oriental Ltd.,相信他們是直接從已故知名二十世紀瓷器收藏家Anthony Evans手上購得

    The inscription reads:

    Written by (Cheng) Yiting

    Cheng Yiting also worked under the name Cheng Pu. Compare a plaque from the Anthony Evans Collection signed and sealed Cheng Pu sold in these rooms, 10 November 2011, lot 599.

Lot heading

The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art


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