Lot 2843
  • 2843

Bian Shoumin 1684-1752

Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 HKD
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Description

  • Bian Shoumin
  • Flowers and Various Subjects
  • ink and colour on paper, album of twelve leaves
(1) signed Shoumin and with two seals of the artist
(2) signed Shoumin and with one seal of the artist
(3) signed Chao Weng and with two seals of the artist
(4) signed Shoumin and with one seal of the artist
(5) with three seals of the artist
(6) signed Weijian Jushi and with two seals of the artist
(7) with one seal of the artist
(8) signed Shoumin and with one seal of the artist
(9) with two seals of the artist
(10) with two seals of the artist
(11) signed Shoumin and with one seal of the artist
(12) signed Bian Shoumin, dated renshen (1752), and with two seals of the artist
Titleslip by Jiang Yunong (1908-1986), dated gengzi (1960); and by Yunqu

Provenance

Sotheby's London, The Mu-Fei Collection of Chinese Paintings, 7 November 2007, lot 8

Exhibited

Peintures Chinoises Ming et Ts'ing de la Collection Mu-Fei, Vilie de Paris Musée Cernushi, June- August 1967

Literature

1) Ch'eng Hsi, Mu-Fei Ts'ang Hua K'ao P'ing – A Study of Some Ming and Ch'ing Paintings in the Mu-Fei Collection, Hong Kong, 1966, pp.57-58.  
2) Marie-Thérèse Bobot, Peintures Chinoises Ming et Ts'ing de la Collection Mu-Fei, Paris Musée Cernushi, 1967, no. 50.

Condition

- each leaf bears slightly tanned tone to the edges, otherwise, in general good condition - (7th leaf) minor paper loss to the edges - (10th leaf) minor mould stains at the edges
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