A rare enamelled rectangular plaque


Hongxian iron-red four-character mark, Republic periodSuperbly enamelled in shades of grisaille and coral-red with tranquil mountainous riverscape enclosing a sage and his attendant standing on a riverbank beneath gnarled pine trees while his other attendant crossing a bridge approaching a pavilion enclosure, inscribed at the top right with the seal at the bottom left. 42.8cm x 29.8cm (17in x 11 3/4in), framed.
|民國 墨彩繪碧山來人圖瓷板礬紅「洪憲年製」楷書款Provenance: A distinguished Asian private collection, and thence by descent來源：亞洲顯赫私人收藏，並由後人保存至今Compare with a later enamelled rectangular plaque signed by Wang Yeting (1884-1942), dated to 1933, which was sold at Bonhams London on 10 November 2011, lot 596. 白瓷為板，表面隱約起伏，墨彩繪山水人物圖，右下近景繪老松兩株盤亙於山石，其下一高士由二僮相隨，前往畫面左邊之山居雅舍，周圍林木掩映，右上題「碧山來人」及「志卿仁翁先生雅玩 李榮卿敬贈」，右下角繪礬紅方框「洪憲年製」楷書款。此板所繪山水師法宋人李郭筆法，深得三遠構圖之妙旨，筆觸細膩，如在紙帛，實乃陶埏仿丹青登峰造極之作。參考一件汪野亭1933年作墨彩寒林鴨陣圖瓷板，用色之法頗似，2011年11月10日售於倫敦邦瀚斯，拍品編號596。