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*A GRISAILLE ENAMELLED ‘SOLITARY FISHERMAN / HAN JIANG DU DAO / 寒江独钓’ PORCELAIN PLAQUE SIGNED WANG PING 汪平, BIRTH NAME OF WANG YETING 汪野亭 AND CICLYCALLY DATED TO A JIWEI 己未 YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1919 China, Republic / Minguo period The rectangular plaque is skilfully enamelled in grisaille and green with a fisherman on a sampan boat sailing a river in a rocky landscape. It bears an inscription completed by a red seal signing it Wang Ping (汪平), i.e. the birth name of the renowned artist Wang Yeting (汪野亭, his Zi, 字 or surname), dating it to the qiūyuè month (秋月) of a jiwei (己未) year corresponding to 1919 and titling it “hán jiāng dú diào” (寒江独钓), i.e. “The Solitary Fisherman”. Encased within a wooden frame. The back of the frame bears an handwritten collector’s label and is inscribed with the word “CHINA”. Dimensions: - the sole plaque: 26,2 x 38 cm - the plaque within its frame: 52,6 x 65 cm Notes: 1. The subject of this plaque is that of “hán jiāng dú diào” (寒江独钓), i.e. “The Solitary Fisherman” or a “Solitary Angler on a Wintry River”, a subject which oldest depiction is by Ma Yuan (马袁, c. 1140 – c.1225), a renowned painter from the Southern Song Dynasty, a painting preserved in the Tokyo National Museum. 2. Considered as one of the 'Eight Friends of Zhushan,' a small circle of educated porcelain painters in Jingdezhen during the Republic period, Wang Yeting (1884-1942) is renowned for his landscape paintings, particularly in the style of the four great landscape painters of the Qing dynasty known as the 'Four Wangs': Wang Shimin (1642-1715), Wang Hui (1632-1717), Wang Jian (1598-1677) and Wang Yuanqi (1642-1715). Wang Yeting painted many of his works in the blue-green landscape style, and plaques painted in grisaille, such as the present example, appear to be less common. “寒江独钓”瓷盘 中国，现代/民国时期 *This lot is under temporary importation. An extra VAT will be applied to the final invoice. Please contact our office (yuchen@adams.ie) for further information. [INTERNET KEYWORDS] CHINA, CHINESE, QING, ANTIQUE, CERAMIC, PORCELAIN, PAINTING, SCROLL, JADE, DYNASTIE, JAPANESE, VIETNAMESE