Lot 803
  • 803

Wang Xuehao 1754-1832

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Wang Xuehao
  • READING BOOK ON AN AUTUMN NIGHT
  • ink on paper, handscroll
signed shuqi Hao, dated renwu (1822), winter, with a dedication, and two seals of the artist, wang xue hao yin, hong zhao
Colophons by Lu Sunzhi (1766-1836), signed Jiuyin shanren Lu Sunzhi, dated renchen, mid spring, two days after the twelfth day of the second lunar month (Mar. 3, 1832),  and two seals of the artist, sun zhi, jiu yin shan ren; Zhu Zigui (1795-?), signed Zigui, dated guisi (1833), autumn, the seventh lunar month, with one seal of the artist, li zhai; Ye Shaoben (19th century), signed Ye Shaoben, dated jiwei (1859), mid autumn, with three seals of the artist, bai he shan fang, ye shi shao ben, jun tan; Pan Zengying (1808-1878), signed Zengying, with one seal of the artist, xing zhai ran han; Pan Zengshou (1810-1883), signed Futing Pan Zengshou, dated yiwei (1895), autumn, the eighth lunar month, with three seals of the artist, yi wu lu, pan zi shou ting, one illegible; Wei Guangfu (19th century), signed Junxiu Wei Guangfu, with three seals of the artist, jun xiu, guang fu, lian huai; Zhu Shou (1789-1840), signed Zhu Shou, with one seal of the artist, zhong huan fu; Li Gu (19th century), signed Jieshi Li Gu, with two seals of the artist, gu, zi zhong yu; Shen Liang (19th century), signed Langting Shen Liang, with three seals of the artist, song lai ge, shen liang zhi yin, lang ting; Mao Chengji (20th century), signed Quantang Mao Chengji, dated bingshen, the twelfth lunar month of the twenty-second year of the Guangxu reign (1896), with one seal of the artist, chen ji si yin; Tao Junxuan (1846-1912), signed Xinyun Tao Junxuan, dated dingyou of the Guangxu reign (1897), the twelfth month, with two seals of the artist, tao jun xuan, ji shan ju shi; Zhang Mingke (1829-1908), signed Zhang Mingke, dated dingyou of the Guangxu reign (1897), the tenth lunar month, with two seals of the artist, zhang ming ke, zhang gong shu; Gao Yong (1850-1921), signed Gao Yong, dated wuxu of the Guangxu reign (1898), with one seal of the artist, gao yong bu si; Yang Borun (1837-1911), signed Yang Borun, with one seal of the artist, bo run si yin
Titleslip by Wang Su (19th century), signed Jiangquan Wang Su, with two seals, su, wang jiang quan

Condition

- Paper bears a darkened tone due to age. - Minor stain spots and restoration can be found here and there on the scroll.
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