Live Auction 3472Fine Chinese Paintings
GUAN NIANCI (?-1909)
Lot 53

GUAN NIANCI (?-1909)

RED TREES IN GREEN MOUNTAINS

Closed16 September 2014

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USD 20,000

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GUAN NIANCI (?-1909)
RED TREES IN GREEN MOUNTAINS
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
Inscribed with a poem and signed by the artist, with five seals
Dated jiaxu year of the Guangxu era (1904)
One collector's seal of Hedelan (Reverend Isaac Taylor Headland, 1859-1942)
42 x 20¼ in. (140 x 67.5 cm.)

Family collection of Reverend Isaac Taylor Headland (1859-1942).

Specialist note

For more information about Reverend Headland, please see Lot 36.

Guan Nianci, born in Suzhou, was especially fond of the flowers and bamboo of Hengshan mountain. He worked with books and was a painter, specializing in imitations of the Song-Yuan style. Painting landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, he was at ease working in a more ancient, traditional style.