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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Asian Art
• Sale Date:
  07 Dec 2022 ~ Session 1 (Lots 1 - 143) 2pm (AEDT)
  07 Dec 2022 ~ Session 2 (Lots 201 - 294) 6pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  269
• Lot Description:
  A pair of famille-rose square 'chrysanthemum' flower pots, Hongxian four-character iron-red mark, Republic period
  each fitted with a rosewood stand, 26.0cm high each (4).
• Provenance:
  Estate of Mrs. W. S. Stocks, Sydney, until 2011; Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
• Notes:
  Pieces with this particular type of Hongxian mark can be dated more precisely to 1916 to 1924, and by the hand of Wang Xiaotang (1885-1924), one of the two most famous celebrated painters of Jingdezhen in the early years of the Republic period. In 'Hongxian Porcelain and the Role of Wang Xiaotang', Simon Kwan suggests that Wang may have been employed by the Imperial commission when General Yuan Shikai adopted the reign title Hongxian in an attempt to restore the monarchy to China. See ibid., Orientations, Hong Kong, October, 1991, pp.65-70. He also lists two vases bearing both the Hongxian mark and Wang Xiaotang's marks. Note the striking similarity between the illustrated Hongxian marks with those on the current lot. See also a vase with the same decorative motif and seal mark, Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1980, p.43, no.67.
• Estimate:
  A$5,200 - 6,200
• Realised Price:
  $0.00
• Category:
  Oriental

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