ID 1422737
Lot 1907 | WU ZHENG (1876-1949)
Estimate value
HKD 30 000 – 50 000
Living in the Bamboo Forest
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink and colour on paper
Painting measures 32 x 75.1 cm. (12 5/8 x 29 5/8 in.)
Frontispece measures 32 x 105.1 cm. (12 5/8 x 41 3/8 in.)
Colophon measures 32 x 81 cm. (12 5/8 x 31 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated autumn, yichou year (1925)
Dedicated to Jingyuan
Frontispiece by Wu Rangzhi (1799-1870), with two seals
Dated guimao year (of the Daohuang period, 1843)
One collector’s seal
Colophons by Gao Changyi (19th-20th century), with one seal
Dated autumn, yichou year (1925)
Colophons by Jin Rongjing (1855-1929), with two seals
Dated seventh month, jisi year (1929)
NOTE: According to the colophons, the frontpiece by Wu Rangzhi was originally inscribed on Living in the Bamboo Forest by Bao Shicheng, and the painting was later completed by Wu Zheng for Zhang Jingyuan.
| Artist: | Wu Zheng (1878 - 1949) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Landscape painting |
| Artist: | Wu Zheng (1878 - 1949) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Landscape painting |
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