Lot 1132
  • 1132

Bada Shanren 1626-1705

Estimate
260,000 - 320,000 USD
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Description

  • Bada Shanren
  • CALLIGRAPHY IN RUNNING SCRIPT
  • ink on paper, set of four hanging scrolls
signed Bada shanren (twice), Heyuan (twice), with two seals of the artist, ba da shan ren (4), shi de
With one collector's seal Ma Jizuo (1915-2009), ji zuo shen ding (4), and one other collector's seal, lan xiu lou (4)

Literature

1. Chen Qi, Xuanhui Tang Shu Hua Lu, HK: Xuanhui Tang, 1972, calligraphy vol. pp. 184-185
2. Zhou Shixin, Yang Yang, Bada Shanren Quanji, Taipei: Yishu Tushu, 1974, p. 120, pl. 96 (panle 1) 
3. Wang, Fangyu, An Anthology of Essays on Pa-ta-shan-jen, Taipei: The Committee for Compilation and Examination of the Series of Chinese Classics, National Institute for Compilation and Translation, 1984, p. 292 (panel 1)

Condition

- Paper bears a tanned tone. - Wormholes can be found. - One panel speckled with faint blue discoloration spots. 
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