A FAMILLE ROSE PLAQUE MOUNTED AS A TABLE SCREEN
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A FAMILLE ROSE PLAQUE MOUNTED AS A TABLE SCREEN

REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949)

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A FAMILLE ROSE PLAQUE MOUNTED AS A TABLE SCREEN
REPUBLIC PERIOD (1912-1949)
The plaque is delicately decorated with Chong ping tu, and depicts four brothers from the Imperial family playing weiqi, with lines of inscription lamenting the fall of the Southern Tang dynasty, signed Liang Shizheng, with apocryphal Qianlong iron red marks and various seals. There is a further apocryphal signature of Lang Shining with two seals to the left corner.
The plaque 23 x 14¾ in. (58 x 37.5 cm.), wood frame and stand
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Lot Essay

Chong ping hui qi tu was originally painted by Zhou Wenju who was an artist during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The painting is currently in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing.

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