Lot 529
  • 529

Shen Shichong (17th Century)

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Shen Shichong
  • MISTY LANDSCAPE
  • ink and color on paper, handscroll
signed Shen Shichong, dated guihai (1623), autumn, the eight lunar month, with one seal of the artist, zi ju, with four collector's seals of Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001), yi an, lin ming zhang shi zhen cang, lin zhi zi, and one other collector's seal, illegible

Provenance

1. Dingyuan zhai (Zhang Xueliang) collection.
2. Sotheby's New York, Fine Chinese Paintings, December 5, 1985, lot 102

Exhibited

1. Heritage of the Brush: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, March 18- May 7, 1989; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, March 8-April 22, 1990; Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, September 28-November 24, 1991; Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, October 25-December 27, 1992; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, April 18-June 20, 1993; Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, January 29-March 20, 1994; Crocker Art Museum, California, October 30-December 31, 1997; Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, January 31-March 28, 1999; Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, October 3-December 10, 2000
2. Lyrical Traditions: Four Centuries of Chinese Paintings from the Papp Collection, The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, June 22-October 7, 2007

Literature

1. Heritage of the Brush: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, 1989, cat. 12, pp. 49-51
2. Claudia Brown, "Scholar Zhang Peeks at Yingying: Thoughts on Pictorial Aspects of Chinese Cloisonné and the Relationship with Painting", in Béatrice Quette (Ed.), Cloisonné: Chinese enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, New York: Bard Graduate Center, 2011, p. 137, fig. 7.13

Condition

- Overall in good condition except paper bears darkened tone. - Minor stain and vertical creases.
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