Lot 447
  • 447

Gu Fuzhen (1634-After 1716)

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Gu Fuzhen
  • CLOUDY MOUNTAIN WITH RED TREE
  • ink and color on paper, hanging scroll
signed Songchao laoren Zhen, dated guisi (1713), autumn, the ninth lunar month, at the age of eighty-one, with a dedication and two seals of the artist, gu fu zhen yin, song chao shi hua

Provenance

James Cahill (1926-2014, Jingyuan Zhai) collection.

Literature

Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings (Vol. 1, American and Canadian Collections), Compiled by Kei Suzuki, Japan: Tokyo University Press, 1983, p. I-336, pl. A 31-021

Condition

- Overall in good condition except that paper bears a darkened tone due to age.
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