A qianjiang porcelain table screenCheng Ying (act. 1875-1908)The plaque delicately enamelled with five sages admiring a painting of bamboo under a pine tree, with a three line inscription, signed by the artist, mounted in a wooden frame and with stand. The plaque: 25.3cm (9 7/8in) x 38cm (15in) (2).注脚ProvenanceReputedly collected by the vendor's grandfather, who was a Methodist missionary in China in the early 20th century, returning to Europe in the 1920s, and thence by descent.