QIAN GU (1508-1578)

Lot 875
01.06.2023 02:30UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
HKD 1 200 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 966285
Lot 875 | QIAN GU (1508-1578)
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HKD 1 200 000 – 1 500 000
QIAN GU (1508-1578)
Voyage of the Red Cliff
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
28.3 x 180 cm. (11 1/8 x 70 7/8 in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist
Calligraphy by Wen Peng (1498-1573), signed and with two seals of the artist
Five collector’s seals including one of Fang Junyi (1815-1888) and Wang Zhen (1867-1938)
Frontispiece by Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), dated summer, fifth month, guichou year (1913), with one seal
Titleslip by Wang Zhen, with one seal
NOTE:
The original frontispiece by Qian Gu was lost and replaced by that of Wu Changshuo in the early Republican period.



Literature

Fang Junze, Meng Yuan Collection of Paintings and Calligraphy, Book 12, in Complete Compendium of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, Vol. 12, Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Publishing, Shanghai, 1998, p.273.
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