Lot 526: ZHANG LU (1464-1538) AND TANG HUAN (CIRCA 1507-1560)

EIGHT IMMORTALS OF WINE

HANDSCROLL, INK OR INK AND COLOUR ON SILK
CALLIGRAPHY PORTION MEASURES 25.5 X 274 CM (10 X 107 3/4 IN.)
PAINTING PORTION MEASURES 25.5 X 329 CM ( 10 X 129 1/2 IN.)
ODE TO THE EIGHT IMMORTALS OF WINE IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY BY TANG HUAN, SIGNED: HULIN LINCHU DAOREN HUAN
THREE SEALS OF THE ARTIST: TANG HUAN ZHI YIN, LIN CHU DAO REN, MO CHI
DATED AUTUMN, XINHAI YEAR (1491)
PAINTING BY ZHANG LU FOLLOWS, ENTITLED AND SIGNED: PINGSHAN
THREE SEALS OF THE ARTIST: QI QI KUANG SOU, PING SHAN, ONE OTHER ILLEGIBLE SEAL

NOTE:
FOR BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF TANG HUAN, SEE ZHONGGUO MEISHUJIA RENMING CIDIAN, SHANGHAI RENMIN MEISHU CHUBANSHE, 1981, P. 1088

(US$15,500-19,400)