An Exquisite and Signed Porcelain Painting PanelThe collophonand signature indicates that it is painted by Liu Yu Chen during the year 1927. Liu (1904-1969) came to the porcelain capitol Zhin De Zhan to practice porcelain painting in 1922. He is one of the eight friends of Zhu hill; these ar the most accomplished porcelain painters of the Republic Period. He specializes in painting flowers and birds. The poem (collophone) describes that (lake/river) water rises and covers ten miles; the reed flower shows among tall and short trees.Size: 18 in. (45.7 cm.) h x 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm.) wProvenance: From an important California collector, whose grandfather was a major antique dealer during late Qing Dynasty and early Republic, and was a patron of painters Wu Changshuo and Huang Binhong http://www.karburys.com/lotdetail/372/