ID 966367
Lot 877 | LENG MEI (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
Estimate value
HKD 700 000 – 1 000 000
Beauty and Boys
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk
96.5 x 41.3 cm. (38 x 16 1/4 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
Literature
Kei Suzuki ed., Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings: Vol. 4 Japanese Collections: Temples and Individuals, University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, 1983, pp. IV-421 and IV-636, pl. JP36-011.
The Elegant World of the Literati -Chinese Ming and Qing Paintings, Calligraphy and Scholar Objects from the Morisada Hosokawa Collection I, Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art, Kumamoto, 6 October 1992, p.45, pl.17 and the back cover.
Chen Wenping, National Treasures Lost Overseas (Text Version), Shanghai Cultural Publishing, Shanghai, 2001, p.243.
Exhibited
Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art, The Elegant World of the Literati -Chinese Ming and Qing Paintings, Calligraphy and Scholar Objects from the Morisada Hosokawa Collection, 9 October – 8 November 1992.
| Artist: | Leng Mei (active 1677-1742) |
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| Artist: | Leng Mei (active 1677-1742) |
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