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HUA ZIYOU (19TH CENTURY)
Revelers
Inscribed, with one seal of the artist
Dated winter, tenth month, jiwei year of the Daoguang reign (1835)
Colophon inscribed by Wanxiang Jushi, with two seals
Handscroll, ink and color on silk
12 1/2 x 57 1/4 in.( 31.7 x 145.5 cm.)

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Hua Ziyou, sobriquet Yaomin, was a painter in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). His painting style was inspired by that of Li Gonglin of the Northern Song dynasty (960-1279) and featured a refined and skillful outline painting of figures. Hua Ziyou was especially known for his paintings of arhats.

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