Lot 305: ZHANG YIN 1761-1829

CHINESE PAINTINGS FROM THE ER ZHI XUAN COLLECTION PART III

LANDSCAPES

measurements note
each 31 by 45 cm. 12 1/4 by 17 3/4 in.

All leaves inscribed. Last leaf signed Zhang Yin, dated bing zi, 1816, the seventh lunar month, and with a total of fifteen seals of the artist, and two collectors' seals. Frontispiece by Zhang Daqian (1899-1983, Chang Dai-chien) and Li Qiujun (1899-1973). Zhang Daqian dated ding mao, 1927 while Li Qiujun dated wu chen, 1928

album of eight leaves; ink and colour on paper

Condition Note: The Century was not Declining in Art: A History of Nineteenth-Century Chinese Painting, written by Wan Qingli, Lion Art, Taipei, January 2005, p. 71

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