Bada Shanren

Ren Renfa (1255-1327), Five Drunken Princes Returning on Horseback, ink and colour on paper, handscroll, 35.2 x 210.7 cm. Sold for HK$306,551,000 / US$39,555,000 (Estimate: HK$80,000,000 - 120,000,000  / US$10,340,000 – 15,510,000). Courtesy Sotheby's. HONG KONG.- Yesterday at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, a 75-minute bidding battle broke out as collectors competed to acquire Ren Renfa’s Five Drunken Princes Returning on Horseback, a late 13th / early 14th scroll from the Yuan dynasty. Over 100 bids were... [Lire la suite]

Bada Shanren, Melons and Brackens. Ink on paper, hanging scroll 25 x 39.7cm. Estimate: HK$8,000,000 – 10,000,000 (US$ 1,020,000 – 1,280,000). Courtesy Sotheby's. HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Fine Classical Chinese Paintings Sale on 6 October 2019 will be led by two important paintings produced by practising monks during the Qing Dynasty: Bada Shanren’s Melons and Brackens and Shitao’s Ink Bamboo. Additional highlights include a set of three albums of calligraphy by Yun Shouping, and a set of manuscripts... [Lire la suite]

Lot 981. Bada Shanren (1626-1705), Two Birds on Rock. Hanging scroll, ink on silk, 145 x 43 cm. (57 1/8 x 16 7/8 in.). One seal of the artist. One collector's seal on titleslip. Estimate HKD 1,200,000 - HKD 1,500,000. Price realised HKD 1,480,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014. Provenance: PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR. Christie’s. Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Hong Kong, 26 May 2014

Lot 979. Bada Shanren (1626-1705), Landscape. Hanging scroll, ink on satin, 180 x 48 cm. (70 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.). Signed, with two seals of the artist. Two collectors' seals including one of Li Shengyu (1829-1894). Inscription by Luo Zhenyu (1865-1940) inside wooden box, signed with one seal. Estimate HKD 3,000,000 - HKD 5,000,000. Price realised HKD 44,920,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014. Provenance: PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR Literature: Paintings and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 978. Bada Shanren (1626-1705), Calligraphy. Hanging scroll, ink on paper, 150 x 42.5 cm. (59 x 16 3/4 in.). Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist. Dated spring, guiwei year (1703). Estimate HKD 1,200,000 - HKD 1,500,000. Price realised HKD 28,120,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014. Provenance: PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTORLot 66, 31 May 1989, Fine Chinese Paintings, Sotheby's, New York. Literature: Gao Yong, Taishan Canshilou canghua, Vol.5, 1929,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 988. Bada Shanren (1626-1705), Grapes, Poem in running script calligraphy. A pair of album leaves mounted as a hanging scroll, ink on paper. Each measures 30 x 30 cm (11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.). Top leaf with a poem written in running script calligraphy, signed by the artist: Bada Shanren. One seal of the artist: He Yuan. Painting of grapes with one seal of the artist: Ke De Shen Xiang. Estimate HKD 250,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 1,680,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2005. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 458. Bada Shanren (Zhu Da, 1626-1705), Narcissus and Rock, Poem in running script calligraphy. A pair of album leaves mounted as a hanging scroll, ink or ink and light colours on paper. Each measures 30 x 30 cm (11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.). Top leaf with a poem written in running script calligraphy, signed: Bada Shanren. One seal of the artist: He Yuan. Dated jimao year (1699). Painting of Narcissus and Rock, signed: Bada Shanren. One seal of the artist: He De Shen... [Lire la suite]

Lot 989. Bada Shanren (1626-1705), Bird and Rock, Running script calligraphy. A pair of album leaves mounted as a hanging scroll, ink or ink and light colours on paper. Each leaf measures 30 x 30 cm (11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.). Top leaf with a poem by the artist in running script calligraphy, signed twice: Bada Shanren. Two seals of the artist: He Yuan, Yao Shu. Dated fifteenth day of the first month, gengshen year (1700). Painting signed by the artist: Bada Shanren. One seal of the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 457. Bada Shanren (Zhu Da, 1626-1705), Trush, Poem in running script calligraphy. A pair of album leaves mounted as a hanging scroll, ink on paper. Each measures 30.5 x 30 cm (12 x 11 7/8 in.). Top leaf with a poem written in running script calligraphy, signed: Bada Shanren. One seal of the artist: He Yuan. Painting of a thrush signed: painted by Bada Shanren. One seal of the artist: He De Shen Xian. Estimate HKD 250,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 418,250. © Christie's... [Lire la suite]

Lot 334. Bada Shanren (Zhu Da, 1626-1705), Birds and Ducks. Set of four hanging scrolls; ink on satin. Each scroll: 81 7/8 x 21 5/8 in. (208 x 55 cm.). Each painting with two seals of the artist. Each painting with two seals of Song Lao (1634-1713). Estimate USD 300,000 - USD 500,000. Price realised USD 1,202,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2009. Provenance: The Estate of C.T. Loo; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 10-11 October 1962, lot 429. Literature: Victoria... [Lire la suite]