Yuan Yao (Active Mid-18th Century), Back from hunting
Lot 2274. Yuan Yao (Active Mid-18th Century), Back from hunting, signed hanshang Yuan Yao, dated yihai (1755), inscribed and with two seals of the artist; ink on silk, framed, 128.1 by 141 cm; 50 3/8 by 55 1/2 in. Estimate 1,000,000 — 1,500,000 HKD. Lot sold 2,875,000 HKD (297,633 EUR). © Sotheby's 2018.
Provenance: Previously from C.C. Wang (Ming-Te Tang) Collection
Sotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Classical Paintings, 1 May 2000, lot 10.
Literature: (1) Wang Chi-chien and Victoria Contag, Seals of Chinese Painters and Collectors of the Ming Ch'ing Periods, Taipei, 1965, p. 676, seal impression no. 1-2
(2) Kei Suzuki, Comprehensive illustrated catalog of Chinese paintings, Tokyo, 1982, p. I-91, fig. A14-019
(3) Please refer to Chinese Literature
Sotheby's. Fine Classical Chinese Paintings, Hong Kong, 01 Apr 2018
