A SET OF FOUR FAMILLE-ROSE ENAMELED PLAQUESWang Xiaoting （1906-1970）
Each a delicately rendered riverside landscape of elaborate rockery and misty shaded long distance perspective all with the small square red seal reading Xiaoting, each additionally inscribed: the first to read Wang Xiaoting xie yu Penpu; the second Xiaoting xie; the third Leping [Chuan]fang, Pingshan tang zhuren Xiaoting xie; the last partially effaced inscription likely reading Wang Xiaoting Xie [yu] Penpu keci; all mounted in sturdy hardwood frames.
9 1/2 x 9 1/2in (24.2 x 24.2cm) visible dimensions of porcelain注脚The son of the well-known Republic era ceramicist Wang Yeting, Wang Xiaoting remained active through the founding of the People's Republic and its early years before dying in the Cultural Revolution. Though a later artist, the landscapes in the present lot compare favorably with the finest work of his father (see the landscape offered in our Hong Kong rooms as lot 128, sale 24017, 30 May 2017) or other giants of the Republic period (see the set of four landscapes by Tian Hexian offered in our San Francisco rooms as lot 8180, sale 24262, 27 June 2017).