Lot 541
  • 541

Liu Du (Active 1630-1672)

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Liu Du
  • CONVERSATION IN A PAVILION BY THE STREAM
  • ink color on paper, fan leaf
signed Liu Du, dated dinghai (1647), the seventh lunar month, with one seal of the artist, shu xian
Inscriptions on mounting border by Hui Jun (1902-1979), signed Xiaotong and Hui Jun, with two seals, xiao tong mi wan, xue yu
With four collector's seals of Hui Jun, qing lu cang shan, hui jun chang shou, qing lu, shuang tong hua guan

Exhibited

1. Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, September 2-October 9, 1994; The Chrysler Museum, Virginia, November 13, 1994-January 8, 1995; Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, September 9-November 11, 1995; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, December 15, 1995-February 18, 1996; China Institute, New York, February 4-June 10, 1998
2. Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp, Musée Cernuschi, September 23-December 30, 1999

Literature

1. Illustrated Catalogue of Selected Works of Ancient Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, vol. 1, Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House, 1986, fig. Jing 1-073, p. 24
2. Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, 1994, cat. 10, pp. 37-38
3. Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp, Musée Cernuschi, 1999, cat. 11, pp. 47-48

Condition

- Paper bears a darkened tone due to age. - Restoration of folding mark can be found from previous mounting. - Minor scratches and ink loss.
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