A set of 4 porcelain plaques with dogs in the style of Giuseppe Castiglione
Lot-No. 210
Proceeds : 4.100 €
China, middle of 20th cent. (Republic period). Porcelain with polychrome painting. 4 square-cute plaques with tapered corners. Depiction of pairs of dogs in the after the famous paintings by Castiglione, once the depiction of Emperor Qianlong's famous hunting dogs. Inscription sign. 'Zhang Zhitang' (張志湯) and dat. 'jimao' year (1939), several artist seals. Sealmark 'Yi tao Zhai' (亦匋斋). 22,5 x 22,5 cm. - Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) was an Italian Jesuit brother and became courtly painter of Emperor Qianlong. He created a unique painting style, a fusion of Chinese and European art (Chinese name: Lang Shining). Among his most famous works are fine paintings of Qianlong's hunting dogs, which are preserved in the Palace Museum Taipei, Taiwan. See: Avitabile, Vom Schatz der Drachen, London 1987, p. 150.
A set of 4 porcelain plaques with dogs in the style of Giuseppe Castiglione
A set of 4 porcelain plaques with dogs in the style of Giuseppe Castiglione
Lot-No. 210
Proceeds : 4.100 €
China, middle of 20th cent. (Republic period). Porcelain with polychrome painting. 4 square-cute plaques with tapered corners. Depiction of pairs of dogs in the after the famous paintings by Castiglione, once the depiction of Emperor Qianlong's famous hunting dogs. Inscription sign. 'Zhang Zhitang' (張志湯) and dat. 'jimao' year (1939), several artist seals. Sealmark 'Yi tao Zhai' (亦匋斋). 22,5 x 22,5 cm. - Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) was an Italian Jesuit brother and became courtly painter of Emperor Qianlong. He created a unique painting style, a fusion of Chinese and European art (Chinese name: Lang Shining). Among his most famous works are fine paintings of Qianlong's hunting dogs, which are preserved in the Palace Museum Taipei, Taiwan. See: Avitabile, Vom Schatz der Drachen, London 1987, p. 150.
