Guan Daosheng (Attributed to, 1262-1319)

Ink Bamboo and Garden Rock

Details

Guan Daosheng (Attributed to, 1262-1319)
Ink Bamboo and Garden Rock
Hanging scroll, ink on paper, 49 x 24½in. (124.4 x 62.3cm.)
Inscribed and signed: Zhongqi
One seal of the artist: Wei Guo Fu Ren Zhao Guan
Seven collectors' seals: Bi Yuan Shen Ding, Er Zhan Er Mei Yue Qin Xin, Jiang Qian Chang Shou, Shen An Mo Yuan (a seal of Bao Xi, 1871-1930), Xiang Zhong Ju Shi, Qing Shuang Guan Zhen Cang Yin (a seal of Jiang Ershi, 1913-1973), Mo Yin Jiang You Qin Sheng Ci
Titleslip of the Qing Shuang Guan Collection, with one seal

Provenance

Stephen Junkunc, III

Lot Essay

Guan Daosheng was the most famous of all China's women painters and calligraphers, and incidentally, the wife of the great Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322). She was gifted in all the standard literati subects, but has received the most acclaim for her depiction of bamboo.

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