Lot 1399
  • 1399

ATTRIBUTED TO ZHANG DAQIAN | PORTRAIT OF SU SHI AND IMITATION OF DUNHUANG MURALS

Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 USD
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Description

  • Zhang
  • PORTRAIT OF SU SHI AND IMITATION OF DUNHUANG MURALS
  • ink on paper, ink and color on paper, two hanging scrolls
  • 76.8 by 48.3 cm. 30 1/4  by 19 in.86.4 by 47.6 cm. 34 by 18 3/4  in.
signed, with seals of the artist and collectors

Provenance

PORTRAIT OF SU SHI:
Alice Boney, New York, 9th May 1988.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 1637. IMITATION OF DUNHUANG MURALS: 
Alice Boney, New York, 15th July 1983.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 632.

Condition

The Su Shi portrait has horizontal creases throughout and minor discoloration toward the bottom of the painting. The imitation Dunhuang painting has a couple of small stains and minor creases.
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