AN ENAMELED 'LANDSCAPE' PORCELAIN PLAQUE Signed Cheng Men (active 1862-1908), 1882PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERSAN ENAMELED 'LANDSCAPE' PORCELAIN PLAQUESigned Cheng Men (active 1862-1908), 1882Rectangular and of horizontal orientation, painted principally in grisaille enamels and only touches of color with a figure on horseback traveling through a winter landscape of towering cliffs, a waterfall, and bare trees, the upper left inscribed with a poem related to the painted scene, dated Guangxun renwu (1882), signed Cheng Men, followed by two square seals painted in red, framed. 8 1/2 x 12 1/2in (21.5 x 31.7cm) sightThe soft green, slightly gray-toned blue, and orange-red enamels appear often in Cheng Men's works. Compare a 'landscape' porcelain plaque sold in these rooms, 14 December 2020, lot 22. For more examples by Cheng Men, refer to a set of eight enameled porcelain plaques, as well as a porcelain vase sold in our London rooms, 10 November 2016, lot 175, and 10 November 2011, lot 550, respectively.