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Property of an Asian Private Collector (Lot 865)
SHITAO (ATTRIBUTED TO, 1642-1707)
Scholar, Pine and Rock
Details
SHITAO (ATTRIBUTED TO, 1642-1707)
Scholar, Pine and Rock
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
73.1 x 24.2 cm. (28 ¾ x 9 ½ in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist
Further inscribed with a poem and signed, with two seals of the artist and dated ninth month, xinyou year (1681)
Colophons by the artist’s contemporaries, including Zhang Zhen, with one seal and dated autumn, ninth month jiashen year (1704), Lu Tong, with one seal and dated late autumn, dinghai year (1707) and Dian Daoren, dated mid-autumn, dinghai year (1707)
Scholar, Pine and Rock
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
73.1 x 24.2 cm. (28 ¾ x 9 ½ in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist
Further inscribed with a poem and signed, with two seals of the artist and dated ninth month, xinyou year (1681)
Colophons by the artist’s contemporaries, including Zhang Zhen, with one seal and dated autumn, ninth month jiashen year (1704), Lu Tong, with one seal and dated late autumn, dinghai year (1707) and Dian Daoren, dated mid-autumn, dinghai year (1707)
Further details
Note:
Painted in 1681 when Shitao left Anhui for Nanjing, Scholar, Pine and Rock is an early work by the artist. During his stay in Anhui, Shitao met a lot of artists of the Huang Shan school and was especially close to Mei Qing. They learnt from each other and had a similar artistic style. This painting consists of elements typical of Shitao’s early period of paintings: pine and rocks in the foreground with landscape in the background, demonstrating splendor, rhythmic brushstrokes and ravishing lines. Shitao signed in the lower right edge of the painting with a seal Bucong Menru, which literally means not entering through the door. This seal was used by the artist from 1681 to 1683, stating his idea that one should not be confined to learning a specific school of painting but try out everything to develop one’s unique style.
Japanese have been very fond of collecting paintings by Shitao, as they connect with Zen Buddhism. Scholar, Pine and Rock was once in the collection of Mr Tawara Baikoku, as proved by a note dated 1905 found in the wooden box of the painting.
Painted in 1681 when Shitao left Anhui for Nanjing, Scholar, Pine and Rock is an early work by the artist. During his stay in Anhui, Shitao met a lot of artists of the Huang Shan school and was especially close to Mei Qing. They learnt from each other and had a similar artistic style. This painting consists of elements typical of Shitao’s early period of paintings: pine and rocks in the foreground with landscape in the background, demonstrating splendor, rhythmic brushstrokes and ravishing lines. Shitao signed in the lower right edge of the painting with a seal Bucong Menru, which literally means not entering through the door. This seal was used by the artist from 1681 to 1683, stating his idea that one should not be confined to learning a specific school of painting but try out everything to develop one’s unique style.
Japanese have been very fond of collecting paintings by Shitao, as they connect with Zen Buddhism. Scholar, Pine and Rock was once in the collection of Mr Tawara Baikoku, as proved by a note dated 1905 found in the wooden box of the painting.
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