Yin (1700) Li

Lot 1248: LI YIN (17TH CENTURY)

Name: LI YIN (17TH CENTURY)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 7ce10f1afc

Est: $25,000 USD - $35,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USMarch 26, 2010

Item Overview

Description

LI YIN (17TH CENTURY)
Fisherman in Autumn Landscape
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
72 x 37 in. (182.8 x 94 cm.)
Signed: "Painted by Li Yin," with 2 seals
Dated the second month of jiaxu year (1694)
One collector's seal

Artist or Maker

Yin (1700) Li

Provenance

Acquired circa 1960s-1974, and thence by descent within the family.

Notes

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JAMES H. KELLEY

Li Yin, who lived in Yangzhou, was well regarded for his landscapes and bird-and-flower paintings. He was praised for his skill copying paintings from the Tang and Song dynasties and for the beautiful coloring of his compositions.

Auction Details

Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections

Christie's

March 26, 2010, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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