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(US$64,100-76,900)
Details
YU XING (18TH CENTURY)
FUR, FEATHERS, AND FLOWERS
Handscroll, ink and color on silk
36.9 x 377.5 cm. (14 1/2 x 148 5/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated the fifth month of the sixth year of the Qianlong era (1742)
Eight collectors' seals, including five of Emperor Qianlong (reigned 1736-1796), two of Emperor Jiaqing (reigned 1796-1820), and one of Wang Nanping (1924-1985)
FUR, FEATHERS, AND FLOWERS
Handscroll, ink and color on silk
36.9 x 377.5 cm. (14 1/2 x 148 5/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated the fifth month of the sixth year of the Qianlong era (1742)
Eight collectors' seals, including five of Emperor Qianlong (reigned 1736-1796), two of Emperor Jiaqing (reigned 1796-1820), and one of Wang Nanping (1924-1985)
Literature
Juhsi Chou and Claudia Brown, The Elegant Brush (Chinese Painting Under the Qianlong Emperor, 1735-1795), Phoenix Art Museum, 1985; cat. no. 10
Barnhart, Richard, et. al., The Jade Studio: Masterpieces of Ming and Qing Paintings and Calligraphy from the Wong Nan-p'ing Collection (New Haven, Yale Art Gallery, 1994), cat. no. 65
Barnhart, Richard, et. al., The Jade Studio: Masterpieces of Ming and Qing Paintings and Calligraphy from the Wong Nan-p'ing Collection (New Haven, Yale Art Gallery, 1994), cat. no. 65
Exhibited
The Jade Studio: Masterpieces of Ming and Qing Paintings and Calligraphy from the Wong Nan-p'ing Collection, Yale University Art
Gallery, April 9, 1993-July 31, 1994; University of Michigan Museum of Art, September 10-November 19, 1994; Art Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 16, 1994-February 25, 1995; Spencer Museum of Art, April 9-June 18, 1995
Gallery, April 9, 1993-July 31, 1994; University of Michigan Museum of Art, September 10-November 19, 1994; Art Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 16, 1994-February 25, 1995; Spencer Museum of Art, April 9-June 18, 1995