Two horizontal paintings mounted together and surrounded by calligraphy

CHINA - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912)

Estimate : 8 000 - 10 000 €

Sold 13 000 €

Two horizontal paintings mounted together and surrounded by calligraphy: in the upper part, a lakescape in ink and light colors on paper animated by pavilions among trees.

Bears signature: Wen Zhengming 文徵明, Dim. 26 cm x 60 cm; lower part a polychrome painting on silk depicting the three wandering knights 風塵三俠圖, beside a pavilion in winter, tending a white horse; bears signature: Zi’ang 子昂, Dim. 52 cm x 78 cm.

The calligraphies are with signatures: Huang Daozhou 黃道周,Zhu Yunming 祝允明, Shen Zhou 沈周,Yun Nantian 惲南田,Chen Jiru 陳繼儒.

This set of paintings comes from the former Raufast collection and is listed in :

E. Chavannes and R. Petrucci, La peinture chinoise au Musée Cernuschi, avril-juin 1912, Ars Asiatica I, G. Van Oest & Cie, éditeurs, Bruxelles et Paris, 1914.

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