Lot Essay
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ANONYMOUS (13TH-14TH CENTURY)
SIXTEEN ARHATS
Handscroll, ink on paper
31.5 x 894 cm (12 3/8 x 352 1/4 in.)
Two collector's seals of Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322)
Frontispiece by Wang Jiqian (1907-2003), signed, with two seals, and dated xinwei year (1991)
With an accompanying colophon, stating that this scroll was original in the collection of the Guanji Temple in Beijing. At the turn of the 20th century, this scroll came into the possession of the warlord Duan Qirui (1865-1936), after which it was taken abroad.
SIXTEEN ARHATS
Handscroll, ink on paper
31.5 x 894 cm (12 3/8 x 352 1/4 in.)
Two collector's seals of Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322)
Frontispiece by Wang Jiqian (1907-2003), signed, with two seals, and dated xinwei year (1991)
With an accompanying colophon, stating that this scroll was original in the collection of the Guanji Temple in Beijing. At the turn of the 20th century, this scroll came into the possession of the warlord Duan Qirui (1865-1936), after which it was taken abroad.
Literature
Iing Pao Magazine, Hong Kong, May 1974, pp.56-60
Exhibited
Frank Caro Gallery, New York, U.S.A., 1974