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Shen Zongqian (circa 1745-1793)
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description
- Shen Zongqian
- LANDSCAPE
- ink on paper, framed
signed Jiezhou Shen Zongqian, dated xinchou (1781), and with four seals of the artist, shen zong qian yin, jie zhou, shang xia qian nian, yan wan lao pu
Catalogue Note
Artist's inscription:
The Song masters emphasized skeleton, and their brush exceeded their ink. The Yuan masters emphasized spirit resonance, and their ink exceeded their brush. The likes of Shitian (Shen Zhou, 1427-1509) and Hengshan (Wen Zhengming, 1470-1559) all wanted to pursue the Song masters and thus did not pay ink much attention, and in skeleton too they were ultimately a bit different from their predecessors. As for their followers, they were either too rash or too superficial. In eliminating decadence, Dong Siweng (Dong Qichang, 1555-1636) promoted the ink-based style of the Yuan, and the literati all followed him. Thus from the beginning of the dynasty until now, among painters no one truly has the skeleton of the Song, whereas the ink of the Yuan can still everywhere be seen. The leap month of the xinchou year (1781), Jiezhou Shen Zongqian.
The Song masters emphasized skeleton, and their brush exceeded their ink. The Yuan masters emphasized spirit resonance, and their ink exceeded their brush. The likes of Shitian (Shen Zhou, 1427-1509) and Hengshan (Wen Zhengming, 1470-1559) all wanted to pursue the Song masters and thus did not pay ink much attention, and in skeleton too they were ultimately a bit different from their predecessors. As for their followers, they were either too rash or too superficial. In eliminating decadence, Dong Siweng (Dong Qichang, 1555-1636) promoted the ink-based style of the Yuan, and the literati all followed him. Thus from the beginning of the dynasty until now, among painters no one truly has the skeleton of the Song, whereas the ink of the Yuan can still everywhere be seen. The leap month of the xinchou year (1781), Jiezhou Shen Zongqian.