Lot 659
  • 659

Lan Ying 1585-1666

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • Lan Ying
  • AUTUMN MOUNTAIN WITH RED TREES
  • ink and color on paper, hanging scroll
signed Shansou Lan Ying, at the age of seventy-five, dated jihai (1659), the second lunar month, with two seals of the artist, lan ying zhi yin and tian shu. Frontispiece by Cheng Qi (1911-after 1988), signed Shuangsong Lou, with three collector's seals, bo fen zhen shang, gu she cheng shi shuang song lou kao cao fa shu ming hua yin, and xuan hui tang

Provenance

China Guardian, Beijing, Classical Chinese Paintings, May 16, 2004, Lot 1459

Condition

-Overall in good condition -Paper bears a tanned tone due to age -Minor restorations on some parts of the painting -One minor horizontal folding mark at the bottom right corner of the painting
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