Lot 578
  • 578

Ren Xun 1835-1893

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ren Xun
  • PORTRAIT WITH LOTUS FLOWERS
  • ink and color on paper, hanging scroll
with one seal of the artist, ren xun yin
Inscription on painting by Wu Zhaolin (1882-1942), signed Wu Zhaolin, with one seal, zhao lin

Provenance

China 2000 Fine Art Gallery, New York, in 2000

Condition

- Paper bears a tanned tone. - Foxing spots can be found.
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Catalogue Note

Wu Zhaolin's inscription:
Flowers of noble character, in bloom across a wild pond,
Upright and taintless, its fragrance spreads afar.
The wind and moon after a rain, are a good match for each other,
The Tang court, inconceivably so, have named the lotus after Liulang.
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