Qianjiang Plate

[Stan]

Hi Peter, I was going over some of my past posts and I could not find anything on this plate, I might not have posted it, so here it is, The cross dimension is 22.2 cm's, it is in the Qianjiang style, can you tell if there is a date and artist signiture, all your help is appreciated, thanks again.

[Stan]

Here are the last 2 Photo's, thanks.

[peterp]

Signed by Bi Bai-tao (1861-1961).
The cyclical year given would be 1930.

Here are other works of this painter:  tinyurl.com/648x9pmy

Take good care of this item. If it is really his and not a fake, it is an item that lots of people would like to have. He was one of the "Eight Friends of Zhushan".

[Stan]

Wuuuu!!!!!, thanks Peter.

[peterp]

BTW, online many English websites call the painter Bi Botao. I verified if there is more than one reading to the character 佰 and there are two, one is 'bo' and one is 'bai'. In writing it would be the same, but according to the place the reading may differ.

[Stan]

Thanks Peter, that is great information.

[peterp]

Your post reminded me of a small dish I have. Unfortunately, the essential characters to decide from whom it is are, rubbed off too much to read. But a nice little floral/bird plate. The cyclical year given corresponds to 1928.

[Stan]

Nice Qianjiang dish.