Lot 557
  • 557

You Qiu (Active Circa 1540-1590)

Estimate
65,000 - 85,000 USD
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Description

  • You Qiu
  • LOHANS CROSSING THE SEA
  • 水墨紙本 手卷
signed Wumen You Qiu, dated dinghai (1587), summer, with one seal of the artist, qiu
Frontispiece by Deng Erya (1884-1954), signed Dongguan Deng Erya, with three seals, deng er ya zi er ya, chen er ya, Lohan figure seal
Colophon by Deng Erya, signed Deng Erya, with two seals, deng er ya, Lohan figure seal
With one collector's seal Ding Nianxian (1906-1969), nian sheng lou shou cang shu hua ji, and three other collectors' seals, ye wu shen ding, yu ping shan ren, one illegible

Provenance

一、念聖楼(丁念先)舊藏。
二、紐約蘇富比,中國書畫,一九八六年十二月四日,拍品編號4

Exhibited

一、《筆翰之遺—羅伊與瑪麗蓮 · 派普夫婦珍藏中國繪畫》(展覽詳細信息見第552號拍品)
二、《末法時代—八五〇至一八五〇年間中國佛教的圖景》,堪薩斯大學史賓賽藝術博物館,一九九四年八月廿七日—十月九日;舊金山亞洲藝術博物館,一九九四年十一月三十日—一九九五年一月廿九日
三、《詞意流傳—跨越四百年的中國繪畫》,納什維爾弗里斯視覺藝術中心,二〇〇七年六月廿二日—十月七日
四、《知己同隱—中國明清之交的社會流動》,鳳凰城藝術博物館,二〇〇九年夏

Literature

一、《筆翰之遺—羅伊與瑪麗蓮 · 派普夫婦珍藏中國繪畫》,鳳凰城藝術博物館,一九八九年,圖錄編號4,第30—33頁
二、魏瑪莎(編),《末法時代—八五〇至一八五〇年間中國佛教的圖景》,堪薩斯大學,一九九四年,圖錄編號52,第366—372頁
三、白倩,「江河日下—晚明中國的羅漢形象」,(布歌廸(編),《無窮見解》,亞利桑那州立大學,福波斯第九冊,二〇〇六年,圖版3、4,第108—110頁)

Condition

- Paper with wormholes and small areas of loss. - Faint foxing spots can be found.
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