Lot 6
  • 6

CHEN CHUN (1483-1544, ATTRIBUTED TO ) LANDSCAPE

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll



Signed Dao Fu, inscribed, dated chongyang (Double Ninth Festival) of renwu year 1522, with two seals of the artist, and four collectors' seals

Literature

Ch'eng Hsi, A Study of some Ming and Ch'ing Paintings in the Mu-Fei Collection, Hong Kong, 1965, p.6

Condition

- Overall fair condition. - Some wear to the edges and minor light vertical creasing to the lower section. - Very light foxing. - Colour of the painting is of a lighter grey tone than in the illustration.
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