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Lotus
Details
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Lotus
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
90 x 44.3 cm. (35 3⁄8 x 17 ½ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated summer, guisi year (1953)
One collector’s seal
NOTE:
According to the inscription, this work was painted at Shinobazu Pond on a summer day in 1953. Shinobazu Pond is located in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan, and Zhang Daqian had often visited it when he studied in Japan in the 1920s. In his inscription on the Four-Panel Ink Lotus Screen, he wrote: “Shinobazu Pond is in Tokyo, where the lotuses bloom most profusely. When I lived in that country, I often admired the flowers and went boating.” This shows Zhang Daqian’s fondness for the lotuses there. In the 1950s, after leaving mainland China, Zhang Daqian visited Japan frequently. In 1953, Zhang Daqian flew to Tokyo, Japan, where he met with his good friend Zhu Shengzhai the renowned Hong Kong connoisseur, and together they ate longevity noodles at the “Wanshou Lou” by Shinobazu Pond to celebrate Zhang Daqian’s birthday. This work was created during that trip. It was also in that year that Zhang Daqian met Yamada Kimiko at the Kiya art supply store near Ueno Park.
Lotus
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
90 x 44.3 cm. (35 3⁄8 x 17 ½ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated summer, guisi year (1953)
One collector’s seal
NOTE:
According to the inscription, this work was painted at Shinobazu Pond on a summer day in 1953. Shinobazu Pond is located in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan, and Zhang Daqian had often visited it when he studied in Japan in the 1920s. In his inscription on the Four-Panel Ink Lotus Screen, he wrote: “Shinobazu Pond is in Tokyo, where the lotuses bloom most profusely. When I lived in that country, I often admired the flowers and went boating.” This shows Zhang Daqian’s fondness for the lotuses there. In the 1950s, after leaving mainland China, Zhang Daqian visited Japan frequently. In 1953, Zhang Daqian flew to Tokyo, Japan, where he met with his good friend Zhu Shengzhai the renowned Hong Kong connoisseur, and together they ate longevity noodles at the “Wanshou Lou” by Shinobazu Pond to celebrate Zhang Daqian’s birthday. This work was created during that trip. It was also in that year that Zhang Daqian met Yamada Kimiko at the Kiya art supply store near Ueno Park.
Provenance
Christie’s Swire Hong Kong, Fine 19th and 20th Century Chinese Paintings, 18 January 1988, Lot 160.
Brought to you by
Carmen Shek Cerne (石嘉雯)
Vice President, Head of Department, Chinese Paintings
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