Lot 18: TRAVELING ON A SNOWY NIGHT

XU FANG (1622-1694) TRAVELING ON A SNOWY NIGHT Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper Inscribed with a poem and signed by the artist, with six seals Dated spring, renzi year (1672) 22¼ x 11 3/8 in. (74 x 38 cm.)

74 x 38 cm.

A talented painter from Suzhou who was also the son of Xu Qian, a government official. In the fifteenth year of the Chongzhen era (1642) at the end of the Ming dynasty, Xu Fang passed the civil service examination and received the title of juren. When the Qing replaced the Ming, Xu Fang was not willing to serve the new Manchu rulers. Instead, he chose to live in reclusion, calling himself a lonely, sad child. His oeuvre included cursive-script calligraphy as well as landscapes emulating Song and Yuan masters.