- 561
Zha Shibiao 1615-1698
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 USD
Log in to view results
bidding is closed
Description
- Zha Shibiao
- PEACH-BLOSSOM SPRING; "RECORD OF THE PEACH-BLOSSOM SPRING" IN RUNNING SCRIPT
- ink and color on silk (painting); ink on silk (calligraphy); handscroll
the painting signed Meihe laoren Biao, inscribed by the artist, dated renshen (1692), the fourth lunar month; the calligraphy signed Hanshang lüren Zha Shibiao, dated xinwei (1691) of the Kangxi reign, the eleventh lunar month. with a total of seven seals of the artist, mei he, lan shi zhen, zha er zhan, shi biao si yin, chang le wu xi, zha shi biao yin, mei he shi yi zi yue er zhan. Frontispiece and colophon by Xu Heng (ca. 18th century), signed Tongjiong Chenren, Xiang houxue Xu Heng, dated yimao (1927), the first lunar month, with three seals, tong jiong chen ren, xue heng (2), sheng qiu (2).With two collectors' seals, yun hua zhu ren zhen cang, and one other (illegible)
Catalogue Note
Another version of this composition, on paper, datable to 1695, is in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City. See: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum and the Cleveland Museum of Art,1980, no. 227, pp. 306-307.