Lot Essay
The original Ni Zan painting, upon which this painting is based, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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ZHA SHIBIAO (1615-1698) and WANG HUI (1632-1717)
Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan
Hanging scroll, ink on paper, 9¾ x 13in. (24.5 x 33cm.)
Inscribed with a poem
Signed: Shibiao
Dated the ninth month of gengxu year (1670)
Two seals of the artist: Bao; Er Zhan
One colophon by Dan Chongguang (1623-1692) mentions that he asked Zha Shibiao to copy this painting and also Wang Hui added some brushwork, with three seals of the artist
One collector's seal of Zhang Zhiwan (1811-1897)
Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan
Hanging scroll, ink on paper, 9¾ x 13in. (24.5 x 33cm.)
Inscribed with a poem
Signed: Shibiao
Dated the ninth month of gengxu year (1670)
Two seals of the artist: Bao; Er Zhan
One colophon by Dan Chongguang (1623-1692) mentions that he asked Zha Shibiao to copy this painting and also Wang Hui added some brushwork, with three seals of the artist
One collector's seal of Zhang Zhiwan (1811-1897)