Lot 374: *SADJI (SHAQI) (1914-2005) 'I pluck chrysanthemums by the eastern fence'Water colour. Made in Belgim between 1939 and 1945.Signed once in the European style 'Sadji' and also signed in Chinese.Owned by an Antwerp family since 1950.

*SADJI (SHAQI) (1914-2005)

'I pluck chrysanthemums by the eastern fence'Water colour. Made in Belgim between 1939 and 1945.Signed once in the European style 'Sadji' and also signed in Chinese.Owned by an Antwerp family since 1950.


'I pluck chrysanthemums by the eastern fence'Aquarel. Gemaakt tussen 1939 en 1945 in België.Eén keer getekend op Europese manier 'Sadji'. Een tweede keer getekend op Chinese manier.Met linksboven vijf Chinese karakters, een regel vormend van een gedicht van de beroemde Chinese dichter Tao Yuan-ming (365-427). Letterlijk betekenen deze karakters 'plukken', 'chrysanten', 'oost', 'hek' en 'beneden'.Het volledige gedicht luidt (in het Engels):I built my hut within where others live,But there is no noise of carriages and horses.You ask how this is possible:When the heart is distant, solitude comes.I pluck chrysanthemums by the eastern fenceand see the distant southern mountains.The mountain air is fresh at dusk.Flying birds return in flocks.In these things there lies a greath truth,But when I try to express it, I cannot find the wordsMet dank aan de Belgium China Association voor de beschrijving.Tao Yuan-ming could not accept the rituals of Confucianism. Nor could he accept the teachings of esoteric Taoism concerning karma and immortality. A number of poems (including this one) express the vanity of pursuing life-prolonging practices when one sees the inevitability of death everywhere. Hence Tao Yuan-Ming works out a philosophy of life that is intensely personal, mingling images of nature, experience, solitude, and personality. This, in short, is his unique voice in Chinese poetry and thought and Tao's philosophy of life is epitomized by his house or hut as a central metaphor for self and universe'.(Bron: Banwo Adetoro Olaniyi, An Analysis to the Poems and Life of Tao Yang-Ming, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), vol.3, issue 5, May 2014, p.65)In het bezit van een Antwerpse familie sinds 1950.


Libellule près d'un rocher fleuri. Aquarelle. Une fois signée 'Sadji'. Une deuxième fois signée en chinois.

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