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LUO XUAN (1669-AFTER 1753)
LANDSCAPES AFTER ANCIENT MASTERS
A set of eight labum leaves, ink or ink and colour on paper
Each leaf measures 22.5 x 51.5 cm. (8 7/8 x 20 1/4 in.)
Six leaves signed, variously: Luo Xuan, Zui Weng, Shanren Xuan, A Xuan, Meixianzi A Xuan, or Moling Meixian Luo Xuan
Each leaf with one to two seals of the artist, including: Mei Xian Luo Er, A Xuan, Luo Er, Mei Xian
Last leaf dated eighth month, sixth year of the Yongzheng era (1728)
Note:
Luo Xuan was the grandson of Luo Mu (1622-?). His sobriquet names include Meixiang and Chupu. Luo Xuan continued his family's painting tradition, living in Nanjing, and painted until he was over eighty. For brief biographies, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 9181, p.1506; and Liu Jiu'an ed., Song Yuan Ming Qing Shuhuajia Zhuanshi Zuoping Nianbiao, Shanghai Books Publishing, 1997, pp.453, 693)
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LANDSCAPES AFTER ANCIENT MASTERS
A set of eight labum leaves, ink or ink and colour on paper
Each leaf measures 22.5 x 51.5 cm. (8 7/8 x 20 1/4 in.)
Six leaves signed, variously: Luo Xuan, Zui Weng, Shanren Xuan, A Xuan, Meixianzi A Xuan, or Moling Meixian Luo Xuan
Each leaf with one to two seals of the artist, including: Mei Xian Luo Er, A Xuan, Luo Er, Mei Xian
Last leaf dated eighth month, sixth year of the Yongzheng era (1728)
Note:
Luo Xuan was the grandson of Luo Mu (1622-?). His sobriquet names include Meixiang and Chupu. Luo Xuan continued his family's painting tradition, living in Nanjing, and painted until he was over eighty. For brief biographies, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 9181, p.1506; and Liu Jiu'an ed., Song Yuan Ming Qing Shuhuajia Zhuanshi Zuoping Nianbiao, Shanghai Books Publishing, 1997, pp.453, 693)
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