Lot Essay
Zi Du was a monk who resided for a time in Guangdong. He painted with his left hand and exceled in bird and flower paintings, especially depictions of peonies.
Details
ZI DU (late 17th century)
Flowers and Birds
Handscroll, ink and color on paper, 11 5/8 x 328½in. (29.5 x 834.5cm.)
Signed: "Painted by Zi Du with [my] left wrist"
Two seals of the artist: Zi Du Zhi Yin, Yi Yun
Five collectors' seals
One colophon
Frontispiece by Xie Lansheng (1760-1831) and label by Deng Erxi (1883-1954)
Flowers and Birds
Handscroll, ink and color on paper, 11 5/8 x 328½in. (29.5 x 834.5cm.)
Signed: "Painted by Zi Du with [my] left wrist"
Two seals of the artist: Zi Du Zhi Yin, Yi Yun
Five collectors' seals
One colophon
Frontispiece by Xie Lansheng (1760-1831) and label by Deng Erxi (1883-1954)
Literature
Zhongguo Meishujia Cidian ("Dictionary of Chinese Artists"), Shanghai, 1981, p. 244