[Chinese landscape], 1868 ? Watercolour painting on fine cloth (linen ?), 107 x 53 cm, mounted on paper 152 x 66 cm; red ink stamp in the lower right corner, text with underneath a red stamp on the left upperside. Scroll maintained on both sides in...
Estimation :
1500 / 2500
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
a hardboard tube covered with linen. Two tears of +/- 10 cm repaired, one minor stain. Nice item. Attractive painting showing an impressive mountaineous landscape. Under a tree, a person is reading inside a house, attentively watched by a crane standing on the lakeside.
According to experts working on ancient Chinese history and language, the painting is made after Dong Wengong (1740-1818), a famous artist and official in Quing Dynasty, by Ji Xiang Guan Zhu Ren as shown in one of the seals on the scroll. Above the characters "Dong Wengong" is written "Ni", which means "to follow" or "to imitate". The only "Ji Xiang Guan Zhu" found in the reference books of the Quing Dynasty is Li Mulong, a painter living in Wujiang, quite close to Shanghai. The only resource mentioning his name is a supplement to a dictionary recording painters who are active between 1851-1861. Moreover, Li Mulong was a pupil of Liu Zihe (1806-1875). So, if Li was the author of this scroll, the most probable date seems to be 1868.
According to experts working on ancient Chinese history and language, the painting is made after Dong Wengong (1740-1818), a famous artist and official in Quing Dynasty, by Ji Xiang Guan Zhu Ren as shown in one of the seals on the scroll. Above the characters "Dong Wengong" is written "Ni", which means "to follow" or "to imitate". The only "Ji Xiang Guan Zhu" found in the reference books of the Quing Dynasty is Li Mulong, a painter living in Wujiang, quite close to Shanghai. The only resource mentioning his name is a supplement to a dictionary recording painters who are active between 1851-1861. Moreover, Li Mulong was a pupil of Liu Zihe (1806-1875). So, if Li was the author of this scroll, the most probable date seems to be 1868.
