Description
Description: Chinese porcelain plaque decorated with the known scene portraying the Song poet Lin Bu 林逋 967 – 1028 AD, releasing a crane (the caption of the scene is 孤山放鶴圖 – releasing a Crane in the mountain). The decoration of the plaque is of great quality, but unfortunately with a relevant surface wear. We like to see how the painter has represented the excitement of Lin Bu’s attendant: see in the last picture the position of his hands. The plaque is framed in a heavy Zitan frame with mother of pearl inlays of double gourd branches.
Dating: Republic period.
Size: 34.5 cm high
Provenance: Antiquarian market
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Notes: From Wikipedia:
Lin Bu (林逋) (967-1028) was a Chinese poet during the Northern Song Dynasty. His style name was Lin Hejing. One of the most famous verse masters of his time, Lin lived in recluse by the West Lake in Hangzhou for much of his later life. His works and theatrical solitude won him nation-wide fame, and he was offered prestigious government posts, although he refused all civic duties in pursuit of his poetry. Long after he died, Lin’s eccentric attitude and his works retained a vivid place in Song cultural imagination and later works.
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