BADA SHANREN (1626-1705)

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BADA SHANREN (1626-1705)

FLOWERS, FRUIT, AND BIRDS

Album of twelve leaves, ink on paper
Each leaf measures 28.8 x 19.8 cm. (11 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
1. Flowering Plum
Inscribed: Hengchu yizhi chun (a sprig of spring growing horizontally)
2. Small Bird on a Branch
3. Orchid
4. Fish
One collector's seal of Zhang Daqian (1899-1983): Da Feng Tang
5. Lotus Root
6. Melons
One collector's seal of Zhang Daqian: Cang Zhi Da Qian
7. Bird on a Branch
8. Finger Citron
9. Bamboo and Rock
10. Bulbul
11. Narcissus
12. Daylily
Inscribed and signed: On the solstice day of the guiwei year (1703), Bada Shanren painted twelve leaves
One collector's seal of Zhang Daqian: Da Qian Hao Meng
Six other leaves signed variously: Bada Shanren, or Bada Shanren at Wuge Caotang of Nanyang
Each leaf with one seal of the artist: He Yuan
Inner titleslip by Li E (1754-1828)
Outer titleslip by Zhang Daqian

Literature

Hachidai sanjin gafu (the Paintings of Bada Shanren), Tokyo, 1940, pl.16
Suzuki, Kei, ed., Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Paintings, Far East Cultural Research Institute, Tokyo University, 1983, Vol.4, no. JP34-083
Wang Fangyu, Judith Smith, and Richard Barnhart ed., Master of the Lotus Garden, Yale University Press, 1990, pp.5, 209-214, 234, and 255
Xiao Hongming, Bada Sharne Shengping ji Zuopin Xinian (The life of Bada Shanren and a Chronology of his works), Beijing YanShan Publishing, 1997, p.317

Exhibited

Master of the Lotus Garden: The Life and Art of Bada Shanren (1626-1705), Asian Art Museum of San Franscico, California, August 22 - October 28, 1990; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, January 25 - March 24, 1991

Lot Essay

(US$154,800-193,500)

Note: For brief biography of Li E, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renmin Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, pp.955, 975

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