Lot 18
  • 18

Qian Hui'an 1833-1910

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Qian Hui'an
  • Scholar and Servant
  • hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
depicting a scholar, sitting in a wheelbarrow full of books, being pushed by his servant, stopping to admire autumnal foliage, with an inscription which may be translated:



The leaves of Autumn are a more brilliant red than the flowers of Spring; stopping the cart to quietly admire the trees.  In a general imitation of Baiyang shanren [Chen Xun 1483-1544]  Qingxi Qiaozi, Qian Hui'an, bearing a seal: Jisheng

Exhibited

Chinese Paintings from the Henricksen Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University; Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York, Oswego, 5th September 2002 - 23rd February 2003, cat. no. 25, illustrated.

Condition

slight surface soiling, a few scattered flyspots, small insect hole to upper right, otherwise good, modern mount
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