Qi Baishi (1864-1957)

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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Description

104cm. x 33.5cm. (41in. x 13 1/4 in.)

SHRIMPS

hanging scroll, ink on paper, signed Baishi Shanweng, dated jiaxu, 1946

Provenance

Gift from Qi Baishi, Beijing, 1954

In European family collection since 1954

Catalogue Note

Compare a hanging scroll of 'Shrimps' (1940) in the Chang Foundation, illustrated in Masterpieces of Wu Changshou, Qi Baishi and Fu Baoshi, Taipei, 1990, p.198