ID 966291
Lot 844 | XIAO CHEN (17TH CENTURY)
Estimate value
HKD 1 200 000 – 1 800 000
A Trip to the West Lake
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
Painting: 28.4 x 194 cm. (11 x 76 3/8 in.)
Colophon: 28.6 x 705 cm. (11 ¼ x 273 ¼ in.)Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Colophons by his contemporaries: Sun Jingli, Ruan Yuxun, Mao Xiang (1611-1693), Deng Hanyi (1617-1689), Wu Jiasi, Jiang Ji, Sun Zhiwei, Cao Erkan, Zong Yuanding (1620-1698), Wang Maoqun, Cao He (1637-1699), Qiao Lai (1642-1694) and Ji Yingzhong, signed, with a total of twenty-six seals
Frontispiece by Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), signed with two seals
Inscribed by Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924) inside wooden box
Provenance
Previously in the Tomioka Tessai collection.
Literature
Luo Zhenyu, Records of Paintings and Calligraphy in the Chen Han Lou Collection, Luo Fuyi printed version, 1947.
(Colophon by Mao Xiang) Collection of Calligraphy 21, Heibansha, Japan, 1961, pl. 58.
| Artist: | Xiao Chen (17-18th century) |
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| Artist: | Xiao Chen (17-18th century) |
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