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Lot 571: YAO  SHOU  1422-1495

Est: $120,000 USD - $180,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USMarch 21, 2013

Item Overview

Description

BAMBOO  AND  ROCK
signed  Yishi,  inscribed  with  a  poem,  and  with  three  seals  of  the  artist,  gu  xiu  zhou,  yao  gong  shou  yin,  jin  shi  zhu  shi.  Colophon  by  Sha  Zhangbai  (1626-1691),  signed  Chengjiang,  with  three  seals,  tai  ping  chen  zi,  cheng  jiang,  xi  dou.  With  two  seals  of  the  collector  Wang  Gong  (18th  century),  wang  gong  zhen  shang,  ceng  zai  zhu  ping  zhai  zhong;  one  seal  of  the  collector  Wang  Qiumei  (1884-1944),  ceng  zai  qiu  mei  shan  ren  chu;  two  seals  of  the  collector  He  Guanwu  (active  early  20th  century),  guan  wu  zhen  cang,  tian  xi  shu  wu;  three  seals  of  the  collector  Wang  Shiyuan  (active  early  20th  century),  xiang  shu  gu  yuan,  shi  yuan  shen  ding,  lu  yun  lou  shu  hua  ji;  and  three  other  collectors'  seals,  cai  yu  shan  mei  ke  ru  diao  yu  shui  xian  ke  shi,  yin  ming  yan  fu,  chen  han  zhen  shang
ink  and  color  on  paper,  hanging  scroll
79  by  33  cm.  31  1/8    by  13  in.

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, The Arts Council, London, 1957, exhibition catalogue, no. 3 (illustrated)

Literature

Luyun Lou Shuhua Jilue ("Collection of Calligraphy and Painting in the Luyun Lou"), Wang Shiyuan, reprinted in John C. Ferguson, Lidai Zhulu Hua'mu, Taipei 1968

Provenance

Christie's New York, Fine Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Jean-Pierre Dubosc Collection, December 1, 1993, Lot 1

Auction Details

Fine Classical Chinese Paintings

by
Sotheby's
March 21, 2013, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US