Daoji

Lot 1790: SHITAO (1642-1707)

Name: SHITAO (1642-1707)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: ccv91p1d8a

Est: $3,500,000 HKD - $4,500,000 HKDSold:

Christie'sHong Kong, Hong KongDecember 02, 2008

Item Overview

Description

SHITAO (1642-1707)
Plum Blossoms and Bamboo
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
128.4 x 46 cm. (50 1/2 x 18 1/8 in.)
Inscribed with a long poem and signed by the artist
Five seals of the artist
Dated gengchen year (1700)
Dedicated to Kuang Zhai (Min Changhong)
Nine collectors' seals, including one of Wang Shiyuan (?-1921), two of Jing Qirui (19th Century), two of He Guanwu (19th-20th Century) and one of Wang Jiqian (C.C. Wang 1907-2003)

Artist or Maker

Daoji

Literature

Omura Seigai, Chugoku miega shu ("Collection of Famous Chinese Paintings"), Tokao: Rubunsho Kyoku, 1945, Vol. 7
Hay, Jonathan. Shitao: Painting and Modernity in Early Qing China. London: Cambridge University Press, 2001, p. 355, note 9.

Notes

US$451,700 - 580,700

Auction Details

Important Chinese Classical Paintings: Property of the Ping Y Tai Foundation

Christie's

December 02, 2008, 03:30 PM ChST

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

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