Lot 2284
  • 2284

WANG HUI 1632-1717 | Traveling by Night in a Fishing Village after Li Cheng

Estimate
1,200,000 - 1,500,000 HKD
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Description

  • Wang Hui
  • Traveling by Night in a Fishing Village after Li Cheng
  • ink and colour on silk, handscroll
  • 43.5 by 283.3 cm; 17 1/8  by 111 1/2  in.
signed Shigu Zi Wang Hui, dated guiwei (1703) and with four seals of the artist Titleslip and frontispieces by Zhou Cheng (1941-), both dated jiaxu (1994) and with one to two seals of his with one collector's seal of Cai Shisong (?-1843) and one other collector's seal

Provenance

Christie's New York, Fine Chinese Paintings, 1 June 1994, lot 192

Condition

-Minor stains can be found alone the lower border -Brownish dots across the upper area -Minor creases and very minor retouches of silk losses can be found across the surface
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