Lot 844
  • 844

Zhu Da (Bada Shanren) 1626-1705

Estimate
2,500,000 - 3,500,000 USD
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Description

  • Zhu Da (Bada Shanren)
  • FLOWERS, BIRDS, FISH AND FRUIT
  • ink on paper, album of twelve leaves
(1) with one seal of the artist, he yuan
(2) signed Bada shanren, with one seal of the artist, he yuan
(3) signed Bada shanren, with one seal of the artist, he yuan
(4) signed Bada shanren, with one seal of the artist, he yuan
(5) with one seal of the artist, he yuan
(6) signed Bada shanren, with one seal of the artist, he yuan
(7) with one seal of the artist, he yuan
(8) signed Bada shanren, with one seal of the artist, he yuan
(9) with one seal of the artist, he yuan
(10) signed Bada shanren, with one seal of the artist, he yuan
(11) with one seal of the artist, he yuan
(12) signed Bada shanren, dated guiwei (1703)

One titleslip by Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), signed Zhang Yuan



With collector's seals of Zhang Daqian, da feng tang, cang zhi da qian, da qian hao meng

Provenance

Mrs. Kiku Ishihara collection
Yoshio Yamaguchi collection
Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien) collection

Exhibited

Master of the Lotus Garden: The Life and Art of Bada Shanren, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, August 22-October 28, 1990; Yale University Art Gallery, January 25-March 24, 1991

Literature

(1) Haichidai Sanjin Gafu, Tokyo Shurakusha, 1937
(2) Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings (Vol. 4, Japanese Collections: Temples and Individuals), compiled by Kei Suzuki, Tokyo University Press, 1983, pl. JP34-083, p. IV-406-IV-407
(3) Master of the Lotus Garden: The Life and Art of Bada Shanren, Wang Fangyu & Richard M. Barnhart, Judith C. Smith editor, Yale University Art Gallery, 1990, pp. 209-214, 234, 255, fig. 128, cat. 70
(4) Xiao Hongming, Badashanren Shengping ji Zuopin Xinian, Beijing Yanshan Publishing House, 1997, p. 317
(5) Wang Fangyu, "Badashanren Zuopin de Fenqi Wenti", (According to Xiao Hongming, Badashanren Shengping Ji Zuopin Xinian)

Condition

- Overall in good condition.- Paper bears a tanned tone due to age.- Foxing spots can be found occasionally. - Restoration of small areas of worm holes and paper loss can be found occasionally. 
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