Lot 3
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JIANG SHIJIE (1647-1709) LANDSCAPES AND CALLIGRAPHY

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

ink on paper, an album of six leaves



Inscribed with poems and notes on the circumstances of the creation of the paintings, and with seals of the artist, and collectors' seals 

Literature

Ch'eng Hsi, A Study of some Ming and Ch'ing Paintings in the Mu-Fei Collection, Hong Kong, 1965, no.47; Cheng TeK'un, Twenty Ming I-min Painters in the Mu-Fei Collection, Hong Kong, 1976, no.17b, pl.29

Condition

- Overall good condition. - Very minor stains. - Minor loss and repair to one. - Colours of the paintings of a slightly darker, warmer tone than illustration.
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