Lot 654
  • 654

Bada Shanren 1626-1705

Estimate
700,000 - 900,000 USD
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Description

  • Bada Shanren
  • PINE TREE AND ROCK
  • ink on paper, hanging scroll
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signed Bada Shanren, dated renwu, the sixteenth day of the third lunar month (April 12, 1702), with two seals of the artist, ke de shen xian, ba da shan ren, and one collector's seal of Gao Yong (1850-1921), gao yong.

Literature

Taishan Caishi lou: Paintings and Calligraphy of Bada Shanren, Gao Yong, Xiling Yinshe, 1929
Bada Shanren and His Art, Zhou Shixin, Taipei Yishu Tushu Company, 1974, pl. 78
Master of the Lotus Garden: The Life and Art of Bada Shanren, Wang Fangyu & Richard M. Barnhart, Judith C. Smith editor, Yale University Art Gallery, 1990, pl. 148

Condition

-Overall in good condition-Paper bears a tanned tone due to age-Minor restorations can be found on some part of the painting
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