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Lot 1049: GUI CHANGSHI (1573-1644)

Est: $15,000 USD - $20,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USSeptember 16, 2010

Item Overview

Description

GUI CHANGSHI (1573-1644)
Bamboo
Hanging scroll, ink on gold-sprinkled paper
Inscribed and signed: Gui Changshi, with one seal
52 x 24½ in. (132 x 62.2 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Former private collection in Zurich, Switzerland, 2006.

Notes

Gui Changshi was a well-known calligrapher and painter and was born in Kunshan, Jiangsu. Along with Li Liufang and Wang Zhijian, he was called one of the Three Talented Men. Gui was especially highly regarded for his cursive calligraphy and paintings of orchids and bamboo.

Auction Details

Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

by
Christie's
September 16, 2010, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US