Lot 538
  • 538

Attributed to Xu Wei

Estimate
20,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Attributed to Xu Wei
  • LOTUS
  • ink on paper, handscroll
signed Tianchi shuzhe Wei, with four seals of the artist, wei, qing teng dao shi, wen chang, xiang guan zhai, fo shou
Colophons by Wang Zhen (1867-1938), signed Bailong shanren, dated xinwei (1931), the first lunar month, with two seals, wang zhen da li, yi ting; Wang Zhuangwei (20th century), signed Yishui Wang Zhuangwei, dated the first wushen of the Republic (1968), the tenth lunar month, with four seals, wang zhuang wei yin, zhi dao wu wei, wu shen liu shi, one illegible; Li Lincan (1913-1999), signed Sumen Li Lincan, dated the first jiyou of the Republic (1969), the fourth lunar month, with one seal, li zhuang jiu ren; Jiang Zhaoshen (1925-1996), dated jiyou (1969), the second lunar month, with three seals, zhao shen, jiao yuan, yuan mo
Titleslip by Wang Zhen, signed Bailong shanren, dated xinwei (1931), the fourth lunar month, with one seal, yi ting

Provenance

Christie's New York, Fine Classical and Modern Chinese Paintings, November 30, 1984, lot 670

Literature

The Complete Works of Xu Wei, Paintings, Tianjin Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 2014, p. 241, pl. 38

Condition

- With a humidity stain approximately 8 by 2 1/2 inches. - The paper bears a grey tone, with unobtrusive creases.
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