Lot 158
  • 158

Wang Zhen 1867-1938

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 HKD
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Description

  • Wang Zhen
  • PLUM AND MAGPIE
  • ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
Signed Bailong shanren, dated ding mao, 1927, the twelfth lunar month, inscribed, and with three seals of the artist

Exhibited

Hong Kong, Tsi Ku Chai, Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition in the Geng Wu Chinese New Year, January 10 to 25, 1990

Literature

Fine Chinese Paintings from Shanghai, Shanghai Antique & Curio Store, p. 56
Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition in Geng Wu Chinese New Year, exhibition cat., Tsi Ku Chai, Hong Kong, 1990, pl. 35

Condition

- In good condition. - Actual plum colour is more intense than that of the illustration. - A few minor patches of paper restoration are found near the lower right corner and upper middle margin.
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