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Lot 1296: DA CHONGGUANG (1623-1692)

Est: $120,000 HKD - $150,000 HKD
Christie'sHong Kong, Hong KongMay 26, 2009

Item Overview

Description

DA CHONGGUANG (1623-1692)
Reading Under a Pine Tree
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
146 x 40.7 cm. (57 1/2 x 16 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed "in the style of Zhao Wenmin (Zhao Mengfu, 1254-1322), with two seals of the artist
Dated eigth month, gengshen year (1680)

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

New York, Wildenstein Gallery, Great Chinese Painters of the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, 11 March - 2 April 1949
Venice, Settimo Centenario de Marco Polo: Mostra d'Arte Cinese, June - October 1954

Literature

Great Chinese Painters of the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, exhibition catalogue, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, 1949, p. 44, pl. 39
Settimo Centenario de Marco Polo: Mostra d'Arte Cinese, exhibition catalogue, Venice, 1954, pl. 857
Osvald Siren, Annotated List of Paintings in Chinese Paintings: Leading Masters and Principles, vol. VII, New York, 1973, p.402

Notes

US$15,500-19,400


Auction Details

Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy

by
Christie's
May 26, 2009, 10:00 AM ChST

2203-8 Alexandra House 16-20 Chater Road, Hong Kong, HK