LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Handscroll, ink and colour on silk

Measurements:

7.87 in. (20.00 cm.) (height) by 76.38 in. (194.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist; Colophons by Wu Zi (1813-1858), signed with one seal, dated spring, renzi year of the Xianfeng era (1852); Bao Dong (19th century), signed with two seals, dated dingmao year of the Tongzhi era (1867); Wang Honglang (19th century), signed with one seal, dated jimao year of the Guangxu era (1879)

Exhibited:

Asia Society, Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, New York, March 3 - April 26, 2009.

Literature:

Ellen Johnston Laing, "Neo-Taoism and 'The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove' in Chinese Painting", Artibus Asiae, 1974, pp.46-48, pl.34,35. James Cahill, The Distant Mountains: Chinese Painting of the Late Ming Dynasty, 1570-1644, New York: Weatherhill, 1982, pp.256-257, pl.135.

Provenance:

Property from the Estate of Walter Hochstadter.