Lot 573
  • 573

Qian Weiqiao 1739-1806

Estimate
55,000 - 75,000 USD
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Description

  • Qian Weiqiao
  • LANDSCAPES AFTER OLD MASTERS
  • ink and color on paper, album of twelve leaves 
(1) with two seals of the artist, wei qiao yin, ji mu
(2) with two seals of the artist, wei qiao yin, ji mu
(3) with one seal of the artist, qiao
(4) with two seals of the artist, wei qiao yin, ji mu
(5) with one seal of the artist, wei qiao
(6) with on seal of the artist, wei qiao
(7) with one seal of the artist, qiao
(8) with one seal of the artist, wei qiao
(9) with one seal of the artist, zhu chu
(10) with two seals of the artist, wei qiao yin, ji mu
(11) with one seal of the artist, wei qiao
(12) signed Qian Weiqiao, dated xinchou (1781) of the Qianlong reign, spring, with one seal of the artist, wei qiao
Titleslip signed Yuru, dated bingshen of the Guangxu reign, the seventh day of the ninth lunar month (October 13, 1896)

Provenance

Kaikodo Journal, Autumn 1999, cat. 24, pp. 144-147

Literature

1. Zhongguo Shuhuajia Yinjian Kuanzhi, Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2007 Reprint, pp. 1499-1501 (seals 1, 2, 5, 9, 21 were reproduced from this lot)
2. Victoria Contag and Wang Chi-chien, Seals of Chinese Painters and Collectors, Hong Kong University Press, 1966, no. 389, pp. 472-473 (seals 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 were reproduced from this lot)

Condition

- Paper bear tanned tone due to age. - Folding mark in the middle of each album leave from previous mounting.
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