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(US$15,400-19,200)
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XIE SHICHEN (1481-CIRCA 1567)
TUNING THE LUTE IN A WINTRY FOREST
Handscroll, ink and color on paper
17.5 x 75 cm. (6 7/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated the seventh month of xinchou year (1541)
Eleven colophons by Xie Shichen's contemporaries (all 16th century), including one by Wang Guxiang (1501-1568)
Four collectors' seals of Deng Cangwu (20th century)
TUNING THE LUTE IN A WINTRY FOREST
Handscroll, ink and color on paper
17.5 x 75 cm. (6 7/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated the seventh month of xinchou year (1541)
Eleven colophons by Xie Shichen's contemporaries (all 16th century), including one by Wang Guxiang (1501-1568)
Four collectors' seals of Deng Cangwu (20th century)