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WITH SIGNATURE OF SHITAO (18TH-19TH CENTURY)

Starting price
HKD 600 000
Auction dateClassic
03.12.2022 10:30UTC +08:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 862789
Lot 912 | WITH SIGNATURE OF SHITAO (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
WITH SIGNATURE OF SHITAO (18TH-19TH CENTURY)

Boating under the Moon

Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper

165.5 x 76.5 cm. (65 1/4 x 30 1/8 in.)

Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist

Five collector’s seals, including one of Di Xuegeng (1820-1899), one of Di Pingzi (1873-circa 1942) and one of Gu Weichuan (1885-1966)

One illegible seal

Inscription on the mounting by Di Pingzi, with one seal

Titleslip by Di Pingzi, with one seal and two collector’s seals





Provenance

Lot 2728, 30 September 2017, Fine Classical Chinese Paintings, Sotheby’s Hong Kong.



Literature

Famous Chinese Paintings, First Series, No. 38, Yu Cheng Book Company, Shanghai.
Art style:Classicism
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