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FROM THE COLLECTION OF ELLEN BRAILSFORD ELLIOTT (LOTS 20-22)Ellen Brailsford Elliott (1902-1990) was inspired to begin collecting Chinese paintings by her son, John, who was a classmate at Princeton University of Professor Wen Fong, who guided him in his initial purchases. Mrs. Elliott moved to Princeton in 1959 and took classes from Professor Fong after his transition from student to faculty and studied intensively as a university museum docent. She visited China in 1980 and 1983 to personally better understand the country and its culture. Many items from Mrs. Elliott’s collection were donated to the Princeton Art Museum, which published her collection in 1984 in the exhibition catalogue Images of the Mind.
WEN RENGAI (LATE 16TH CENTURY)
Landscape After Song and Yuan Masters
Details
WEN RENGAI (LATE 16TH CENTURY)
Landscape After Song and Yuan Masters
Album of ten leaves, ink and color on paper
8 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. (20.6 x 16.8 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with a total of ten seals of the artist
Dated winter, jiashen year of the Wanli era (1584)
Further inscribed by Lu Guansheng, Zhu Geng, Yang Wenhuan, Yang Dezheng, Wang Heng, Shike, Hu Shiling, and Zhang Yue, with a total of fifteen seals
Landscape After Song and Yuan Masters
Album of ten leaves, ink and color on paper
8 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. (20.6 x 16.8 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with a total of ten seals of the artist
Dated winter, jiashen year of the Wanli era (1584)
Further inscribed by Lu Guansheng, Zhu Geng, Yang Wenhuan, Yang Dezheng, Wang Heng, Shike, Hu Shiling, and Zhang Yue, with a total of fifteen seals
Literature
Chen Weilüe, Chinese Paintings from King Kwei Collection, Bianli Tang, 1956, pl. 31.
Chen Rentao, Notes and Comments on the Paintings of King Kwei Collection, Dongnan Shuju, 1956, pp. 152-155.
Wen C. Fong, Images of the Mind: Selections from the Edward L. Elliott Family and John B. Elliott Collections of Chinese Calligraphy, Princeton University Press, 1984, pp. 369-374, pl. 28.
Chen Rentao, Notes and Comments on the Paintings of King Kwei Collection, Dongnan Shuju, 1956, pp. 152-155.
Wen C. Fong, Images of the Mind: Selections from the Edward L. Elliott Family and John B. Elliott Collections of Chinese Calligraphy, Princeton University Press, 1984, pp. 369-374, pl. 28.
Exhibited
The Art Museum, Princeton University, Images of the Mind, 15 April - 17 June 1984.
Sale room notice
Please note that the paintings are on silk and not on paper.
Brought to you by
Elizabeth Hammer