One of the most famous porcelain artist that helped revive Chinese porcelain art in the first decades of the 20th century.
First two line of poems are:
Bamboo deep inviting guest to staying overnight
Lotus quiet take breeze moment
The bamboo stretches deep to invite a night's stay,
the lotus holds her breath for the guest to catch a breeze.
The picture of this porcelain plate decorated by Wang Yeting around 1935, photo and a preliminary translation submitted by Simon Ng, Hong Kong.
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