ID 1343645
Lot 200 | WU LI (1632-1718)
Estimate value
HKD 25 000 000 – 35 000 000
Landscape with Pines and Chrysanthemums for Taopu
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
178.3 x 74 cm. (70 ¼ x 29 1/8 in.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated first month, jiashen year of the Kangxi period (1704)
Seventeen collector’s seals, including one of Liang Jiangju (1775-1849), one of Sun Yumin (1833-1899), seven of Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) and three of Wang Qiqian (1906-2003)
Literature
Chen Yuan, Chronology of Wu Li Vol. 2 in Engraving Series of Li Yun Studio Chapter 2, 1934, p.83.
Laurence C. S. Tam, Six Masters of Early Qing and Wu Li, Urban Council, Hong Kong, 1986, pp. 91, 96, 344, 345, fig.37, 41, pl. 34.
Guan Mianjun, Painting and Calligraphy Records of Three Autumns Pavilion (San Qiu Ge) Book II, in Lidai shuhua lu xubian Vol. 14, National Library Publishing, Beijing, July 2010, pp.259-260.
Chong Yi, Notes on Painting and Calligraphy of Select Learning Studio (Xuanxuezhai shuhua yumu biji) Book II, in Lidai shuhua lu xubian Vol. 12, National Library Publishing, Beijing, July 2010, pp.412-415.
Zhang Heng, Notes on the Authentication of Painting and Calligraphy from the Muyan Studio 4, Cultural Relics Publishing, Beijing, September 2014, p.2973.
Xu Bangda, Xu Bangda (9): Important Notes on Classical Painting and Calligraphy (Yuan, Ming and Qing Paintings), Palace Museum Publishing, Beijing, July 2015, p.581.
Tian Hong ed., Painting Collection of Wang Jiqian 2, Tianjin People’s Publishing, Tianjin, June 2018, p.333, pl.132.
Yang Renkai, Record of Reviewed Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Liaoning People’s Publishing House, Shenyang, June 2019, p.401.
Wang Jiqian, Wang Yiqiang (ed.), Painting and Calligraphy Reviewed by Wang Jiqian, Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Publishing, Shanghai, July 2021, p.120.
Art style: | Classicism |
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Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
Art style: | Classicism |
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Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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