ANONYMOUS, 17/18TH CENTURY

Details

A portrait of Shide
Anonymous, 17/18th Century
In ink on silk, depicting Shide with a broom, framed and glazed, yellowing and some loss of the silk
127 x 86 cm.

Provenance

The collection of the German engraver and illustrator Werner Klemke.

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Lot Essay

The story of Shide and his friend Hanshan has been a beloved theme of Chinese and Japanese painters. Hanshan was an eccentric poet-monk who lived in Tiantai in the province of Zhejiang. Shide was the cook-monk of the Guoqingshi convent in Tiantai, and Hanshan's friend. From the Song dynasty onwards they appear in paintings as a pair of wild-haired young monks; Zanshan usually carrying a handscroll, while Shide carries a broom.

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