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JIN NONG (1687-1763)
The Drunken Zhongkui
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
123.5 x 55.8 cm. (48 5/8 x 22 in.)
Inscribed and signed by the artist: Hang Jun Jin Nong
Further inscribed and signed by the artist: Nong
Three seals of the artist: Jin Ji Jin Yin, Sheng Yu Ding Mao, Jin Shi Shou Men
Seven collectors' seals, including two of He Yuanyu: Ceng Cang He Ju An Chu, He Yu An Xin Shang; two of Fang Yijun (1815-1889): Ceng Zai Fang Men Yuan Jia, Ding Yuan Fang Shi Zhen Cang Shu Hua Zhi Yin; two of Li Jun'an (19th-20th century): Ceng Zai Lin Chuan Li Jun An Chu, Jun An Shen Ding Zhen Ji; one of Lin Xiongguang (1900-1974): Lang An Mi Wan
The Drunken Zhongkui
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
123.5 x 55.8 cm. (48 5/8 x 22 in.)
Inscribed and signed by the artist: Hang Jun Jin Nong
Further inscribed and signed by the artist: Nong
Three seals of the artist: Jin Ji Jin Yin, Sheng Yu Ding Mao, Jin Shi Shou Men
Seven collectors' seals, including two of He Yuanyu: Ceng Cang He Ju An Chu, He Yu An Xin Shang; two of Fang Yijun (1815-1889): Ceng Zai Fang Men Yuan Jia, Ding Yuan Fang Shi Zhen Cang Shu Hua Zhi Yin; two of Li Jun'an (19th-20th century): Ceng Zai Lin Chuan Li Jun An Chu, Jun An Shen Ding Zhen Ji; one of Lin Xiongguang (1900-1974): Lang An Mi Wan
Provenance
This lot was owned by Prince Aschwin de Lippe-Biesterfeld (1914-1988). Prince Aschwin de Lippe-Biesterfeld of Jena, Germany (1914-1988), was the son of the Prince of Lippe, Leopold IV, and was the younger brother of Prince Bernhard of Netherladns. He was one of the godparents of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands. He served his country as an officer in the German army during the Second World War. After museum and university experiences in Berlin through 1945, Prince Ashwin started at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, as a Senior Research Fellow in 1949. He became an Associate Curator in 1950, Reserch Curator in 1965, and Curator Emeritus in 1973. He was a renouned scholar in Indian art, especially in th area of South Indian Sculpture. Aschwin also had a passion for Chinese Classical paintings. His publication include Indian Mediaeval Sculpture, published by North-Holland Publishing Company (Amsterdam) in 1978, and Taste for China: The Crawford Collection, published in 1962.
Literature
Meng Yuan Shu Hua Lu, vol. 23, Zhong Guo Shu Shua Quan Shu, vol. 12, 1998, p. 353.