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FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
CHENG LIN (18TH CENTURY)
Lotus and Butterflies
Details
CHENG LIN (18TH CENTURY)
Lotus and Butterflies
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
29.2 x 425 cm. (11 1⁄2 x 167 1⁄4 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
Two collector’s seals
Colophon by Zhao Fan (1851-1927), signed with three seals
Frontispiece by Rao Zongyi (1917-2018), dated summer, bingwu year (1966), signed with one seal
Lotus and Butterflies
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
29.2 x 425 cm. (11 1⁄2 x 167 1⁄4 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
Two collector’s seals
Colophon by Zhao Fan (1851-1927), signed with three seals
Frontispiece by Rao Zongyi (1917-2018), dated summer, bingwu year (1966), signed with one seal
Provenance
Collection of Professor Zheng Dekun (1907-2001).
Lot 19, 7 November 2007, The Mu-Fei Collection of Chinese Paintings, Sotheby’s London.
Lot 19, 7 November 2007, The Mu-Fei Collection of Chinese Paintings, Sotheby’s London.