Lot 1121
  • 1121

LI SHAN (1686-AFTER 1756) | TWO CHINESE BULBULS ON A SYCAMORE TREE

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • Attributed to Li Shan
  • TWO CHINESE BULBULS ON A SYCAMORE TREE
  • ink and color on paper, hanging scroll
  • 173.4 by 77.5 cm. 68 1/4  by 30 1/2  in.
Signed Futang Ao daoren Li Shan, dated the twelfth year of the Qianlong reign (1747), autumn, the seventh lunar month, with two seals of the artist, shan yin, zong yang With one collector's seal of Xu Wenjiong (1913-2002), wu xing xu bo jiao shen ding, and one other collector's seal, xiao shan chen qian an shou cang jin shi wen zi shu hua zhi yin

Condition

- Overall in good condition except paper bears tanned tone with minor dirt and stain.
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