Lot 600
  • 600

Leng Mei (Active 1691-1742)

Estimate
28,000 - 48,000 USD
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Description

  • Leng Mei
  • NINE WHITE EGRETS
  • ink and color on silk, hanging scroll
signed Jinmen Huashi Leng Mei, dated yisi (1725) of the Yongzheng reign, spring, with three seals of the artist, leng mei zi ji chen, jin men hua shi, one illegible
Titleslip by Cheng Qi (1911-after 1988), signed Shuangsong lou

Provenance

Christie's New York, Fine Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy, June 4, 1986, lot 75

Exhibited

1. Heritage of the Brush: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, March 18- May 7, 1989; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, March 8-April 22, 1990; Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, September 28-November 24, 1991; Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, October 25-December 27, 1992; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, April 18-June 20, 1993; Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, January 29-March 20, 1994; Crocker Art Museum, California, October 30-December 31, 1997; Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, January 31-March 28, 1999; Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, October 3-Decmber 10, 2000
2. Lyrical Traditions: Four Centuries of Chinese Paintings from the Papp Collection, The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, June 22-October 7, 2007

Literature

1. Cheng Qi, Xuanhui tang Shuhua lu (Paintings), Hong Kong: Xuanhui tang, 1972, pp. 185
2. Heritage of the Brush: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, 1989, cat. 24, pp. 76-77

Condition

- Overall in good condition except silk bears tanned tone due to age, and minor restoration of silk.
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