Lot 470: ZHANG HONG (1577-1659)

LANDSCAPE AND FIGURES A set of ten album leaves, ink and colour on silk Each leaf measures 22.8 x 30 cm. (9 x 11 3/4 in.) Each leaf with one seal of the artist, either Zhang Hong or Jun Dao Nine leaves each with one collector's seal: Shao Yuan Cao Shi Ping Shen Zhen Shang (10) NOTES (US$6,500-9,000) NOTE: Zhang Hong, a native of Wu, was also know by his sobriquet names Jundao and Hejian. He was a well-respected painter of superior landscapes, taking after Shen Zhou, the founder of the Wu school of painting. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Gujin Shuhuajia Renming Dacidian, Tianjin Guji Chubanshe, 1998, p.518.