Lot 640
  • 640

LU ZHI 1496-1576 | LANDSCAPE OF TIGER VALLEY

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Lu Zhi
  • LANDSCAPE OF TIGER VALLEY
  • ink and color on paper, handscroll
  • 37.5 by 24.1 cm. 14 3/4  by 9 1/2  in. 
signed Baoshan Lu Zhi, inscribed with a poem, with two seals of the artist, bao shan zi, lu shi shu ping Colophon includes essay and poems copied by Xu Weiren (19th Century), signed Weiren, dated wuxu (1838), the fifth lunar month, with two seals, xu wei ren, wen tai With one collector's seal of Jean Dubosc (1903-1988), ba li du rang bo qiu shi ping sheng zhen shang

Provenance

Jean Dubosc collection

Literature

Osvald Sirén, Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles, New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1956, vol. VII, p. 215

Condition

- Minor stain and dust visible - Minor yellowing in corners of paper and minor tanning of paper due to age - Overall in good condition - Handscroll comes with wooden box, wooden box has a crack on top right corner
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