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    Sale 2632

    Important Chinese Classical Paintings: Property of the Ping Y Tai Foundation

    Hong Kong

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    2 December 2008

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    • SONG XU (1525-AFTER 1605)
    Lot 1753

    SONG XU (1525-AFTER 1605)

    Price realised

    HKD 437,500

    Estimate

    HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000

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    SONG XU (1525-AFTER 1605)
    Autumn Mountains and Waterfall
    Hanging scroll, ink on paper
    130 x 32.5 cm. (51 x 12 3/4 in.)
    Inscribed and signed by the artist
    Dated autumn, ninth month, dinghai year of the Wanli era (1587)
    One collector's seal of Zhu Wenjun (1882-1937) on the mounting

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    Cahill, James. The Restless Landscape: Chinese Painting of the Late Ming Period, University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1971, exhibition catalogue #23, p. 81.


    Lot Essay

    US$51,700 - 77,500

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