Hanging scroll

   Lot 8116. Lan Ying (1585-After 1664), Gathering in a Pavilion. Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk, 198 x 49.5 cm. (78 x 19 ½ in.) Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist. One collector’s seal of Ha Lin (1856-1936). Titleslip by Ha Lin, signed with two seals. Estimate HKD 1,500,000 - HKD 2,000,000. Price realised HKD 3,700,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 Note: A seasoned connoisseur of painting and calligraphy, Ha Lin (1856-1936)... [Lire la suite]

Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470 - 1559), Discourse in Green Shade, 1470-1559, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Hanging scroll. Ink on paper. H. 40 1/8 in x W. 11 1/4 in, H. 101.9 cm x W. 28.6 cm (image); H. 104 3/4 in x W. 24 1/2 in, H. 266.1 cm x W. 62.2 cm (overall). Museum purchase, B68D9 © 2016 Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture This painting presents a scene of quiet, scholarly life spent in harmony with nature. Wen Zhengming used dry brushwork and ink with little tonal... [Lire la suite]

Two birds on a blossoming branch, China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) or later. Hanging scroll. H. 9 3/4 in x W. 11 in, H. 24.8 cm x W. 27.9 cm (image); H. 41 1/2 in x W. 17 in, H. 105.4 cm x W. 43.2 cm (overall). Museum purchase, B69D3 © 2016 Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture In this small work a pair of swallows perch on a branch of blossoming wax plum. Wax plum (lamei) has blossoms resembling those of the plum, but its petals are translucent and waxlike. These effects... [Lire la suite]

Mao Xiang (Chinese), Transplanting rice seedlings, dated 1588. Hanging scroll. Ink and colors on silk. H. 12 3/4 in x W. 21 1/2 in, H. 32.4 cm x W. 54.6 cm (image). The Avery Brundage Collection, B62D19 © 2016 Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture This painting presents country life along a waterway. In the right foreground is a country house with an open window through which can be seen a desk piled with books—clearly the country home of a member of the educated elite. At... [Lire la suite]

Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598 - 1652), Hermit in landscape, 1622-1644, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)-Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Hanging scroll. Ink and colors on silk. H. 93 5/8 in × W. 26 in, H. 237.8 cm × W. 66 cm (overall); H. 49 3/8 in × W. 19 1/2 in, H. 125.4 cm × W. 49.5 cm (image); W. 29 5/8 in, W. 75.2 cm (knob to knob); H. 27 7/8 in, H. 70.8 cm (upper border height). Museum purchase, B79D8 © 2016 Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture. A man wearing a loose robe and straw sandals... [Lire la suite]

Ikeno Taiga and Gyokuran, Landscape. Ink and color on paper, 51 x 10 ¾ inches. © BachmannEckenstein  Teabowl. Japan, Edo Period, 17th century. Iga ware. Height: 3 x 5 inches (7.5 x 12.5 cm). © BachmannEckenstein  Tamamizu Ichigen (1662-1722). Raku Teabowl. Japan, Edo Period. Raku ware. Height: 3 3/8 inches (8.7 cm). Diameter: 4 1/4 inches (11 cm). © BachmannEckenstein  Hine Taizan (1813-1869). Hanging Scroll. Japan, Meiji Period—dated 1868.... [Lire la suite]

Anonymous, Memorial Portrait of Madame Li, Wife of Kong Chuanduo, 68th-generation Duke for Perpetuating the Sage, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, 176.5 × 97 cm (painting only), 313.5 × 118 cm (overall with mounting). Kong Residence Cultural Relics Archive, Cultural Relics Administrative Committee of Qufu City, Shandong Province.

Anonymous, Portrait of Madame Yan, Wife of Kong Shangxian, 64th-generation Duke for Perpetuating the Sage, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, 187 × 101 cm (painting only), 343.5 × 129 cm (overall with mounting). Kong Residence Cultural Relics Archive, Cultural Relics Administrative Committee of Qufu City, Shandong Province.

Lotus and Ducks 荷花雙鳧圖 (軸). Bada Shanren (Zhu Da), 1626-1705 八大山人 (朱耷); ca. 1696 (Qing dynasty); Hanging scroll; ink on paper H x W: 205.4 x 73 cm (80 7/8 x 28 3/4 in); Bequest from the collection of Wang Fangyu and Sum Wai, donated in their memory by Mr. Shao F. Wang, F1998.45; Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian. WASHINGTON, DC.- Born a prince of the Ming imperial house, Bada Shanren survived the military conquest of his dynasty and lived as a Buddhist monk for 30 years before emerging into fame as a professional artist. His... [Lire la suite]

Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899-1983), Strolling under the pines, signed ZHANG YUAN, dated 1939, inscribed, with a dedication, and two seals of the artist, ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll; 94.5 by 39 cm. 37 ¼ by 15 ¼ in. Estimate 700,000 — 900,000 HKD (78,861 - 101,392 EUR). Photo Sotheby's Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Paintings, Hong Kong, 06 avr. 2015