A PAIR OF QIANJIANGCAI PORCELAIN PLAQUES SIGNED BY YAN XIAOLIN AND YUN MAO SHI, China, Qing dynasty, Guangxu period (1875-1908)

Each h cm 38 x l cm 25

Rectangular in shape, painted with figural scenes: one depicting three figures and a donkey beneath a pine tree, among rocks and vegetation; the other showing four figures in ceremonial and military attire in a tree-lined courtyard. Both bear calligraphic inscriptions and red seals in the upper section bearing the signatures of the artist Yan Xiaolin (颜筱霖) and the cyclical  date ding wei (丁未) corresponding to 1907 and the signature of the artist Yǔn Mào Shì (允茂氏).

清光绪  成对浅绛彩人物瓷板
颜筱云 作，允茂氏 作，丁未纪年：1907（光绪三十三年），题：三杰图，绘三国故事