Chine, Peinture / Chinese paintings

Gao Yongxian, Portrait of Gaofeng Yuanmiao, 1590, Ming Dynasty, Wanli Period. Ink and color on silk, With mount: 108.3 x 74.6 cm.Signed and dated at lower left: "Painted by the Buddhist disciple Zhao Yongxian, Wanli, cyclical year combination equivalent to 1590". Inscription at upper right: "Sect founder Gaofeng."Brooklyn Museum, Designated Purchase Fund, 82.27

One Hundred Children at Play, tradition of Su Hanchen (Chinese, active c. 1101–1125), tradition of Wang Juzhen (Chinese), China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Album leaf; ink and color on silk. Image: 28.7 x 31.2 cm; with mat: 33.3 x 40.5 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.261.

Landscape with Figures, China, Song dynasty (960-1279). Album leaf, ink and color on silk, 25.7 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.702.

Lot 6104. Anonymous (Qing Dynasty), Scholar's Rock, ink on paper, mounted for framing, 80.3 x 145.5 cm. 31⅝ x 57¼ in. Lot sold: 60,480 HKD (Estimate: 10,000 - 20,000 HKD). © 2022 Sotheby's. Provenance: Adrian M. Joseph, Hong Kong, 7th May 1979 Sotheby's. Inkspiration: Chinese Paintings & Manuscripts Online, Hong Kong, 20 December 2022

Lot 191. Hong Liangji, Calligraphy Couplet in Zhuanshu, ink on gold-flecked paper, pair of hanging scrolls, signed, with 2 seals of the artist. Inscription: Hong Liangji from Beijiang; each 132 x 31.2 cm 52 x 12⅜ in. (2). Lot sold: 107,100HKD (Estimate: 60,000 - 100,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Sotheby's. HOTUNG  The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung: Part 1, Hong Kong, 9 October 2022

Lot 190. Qi Baishi (1864 - 1957), Six Shrimps, ink on paper, hanging scroll, signed, dated 1948, with a dedication and 1 seal of the artist. Titleslip by Zeng Shaojie; 102 x 32.2 cm 40⅛ x 12⅝ in. Lot sold: 189,000 HKD (Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Titleslip: Qi Baishi "Six Shrimps". Shaojie inscribed at mid-Autumn festival of guimao year. Inscription: Dedicated to Baoshen. Summer of wuzi. Baishi at eighty-eight years old. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 167. Qi Baishi (1864 - 1957), Cicada, Grasshopper and Dragonfly by the Leaves, ink and colour on paper, framed, signed, with 1 seal of the artist; 101 x 33.5 cm 39¾ x 13¼ in. Inscription: Baishi Laoren painted at five hundred and four jiazi. Lot sold: 7,560,000 HKD (Estimate: 4,000,000 - 6,000,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 flanked by two tubular fittings on both ends, the flat top of each fitting with a symmetrical quatrefoil design inlaid in silver and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 148. Shi Lu (1919-1982), Roses, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll, signed, inscribed, with 1 seal of the artist; 122 x 47.8 cm 48 x 18¾ in. Lot sold: 6,048,000 HKD (Estimate: 1,200,000 - 2,000,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Inscription: Red roses under bright moonlight embody the implicit beauty of Spring.Shi Lu [painted this] to be admired by the venerables. Provenance: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Fine Modern Chinese Paintings, 25 November 1987, lot 12. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 147. Cheng Shifa (1921-2007), Blooming Flowers, ink and colour on paper, framed  signed, dated 1960, inscribed, with 3 seals of the artist; 101 x 66.5 cm 39¾ x 26⅛ in. Lot sold: 3,024,000 HKD (Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Inscription: On a summer day of jiwei year, I found this hollyhocks painting in an old bamboo chest, which I painted in gengzi year. Twenty years have passed since then, and this painting was executed when I first entered a new phase of stylistic... [Lire la suite]

Lot 121. Chen Banding (1877 - 1970), Chrysanthemum and Sweet Flag, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll installed in frame, signed, titled, with 4 seals of the artist. Inscription: Prosperity and longevity. Painted by Chen Nian.; 72.5 x 26.2 cm 28½ x 10⅜ in. Lot sold: 693,000 HKD (Estimate: 400,000 - 600,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 Provenance: Purchased in Hong Kong in 1984.L.J. Wender, 13 February, 1988. Sotheby's. HOTUNG  The Personal Collection of the... [Lire la suite]