Lot 1014
  • 1014

ANONYMOUS | BIRD ON BOUGH

Estimate
180,000 - 280,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Anonymous
  • BIRD ON BOUGH
  • ink and color on silk, framed
  • 26 by 22.2 cm. 10 1/4  by 8 3/4  in.

Literature

Arthur Waley, An Introduction to the Study of Chinese Painting, London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1923, Pl. XLI
Roger Fry, Bernard Rackham et. al., Chinese Art: An Introductory Review of Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Textiles, Bronzes, Sculpture, Jade Etc., London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1925, p. 10, pl. 5
Arnold Silcock, Introduction to Chinese Art and History, New York: Oxford University Press, 1948, p. 171, pl. XIX
Arthur Waley, An Introduction to the Study of Chinese Painting, NY: Grove Press, Inc., reprinted 1958 (first published 1923), Pl. XLI
Laurence Binyon, Painting in the Far East: An Introduction to the History of Pictorial Art in Asia, Especially China and Japan, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., third edition, (first edition 1959), pl. Frontispiece
Finlay Mackenzie, Chinese Art, London: Spring Books, 1964 (first edition 1961), p. 40, pl. 41
Soame Jenyns, A Background to Chinese Painting, New York: Schocken Books, 1966, p. 106, pl. XXI
Roger Fry, Bernard Rackham et. al., Chinese Art: An Introductory Handbook to Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Textiles, Bronzes & Minor Arts, London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1969, pl. 4

Condition

- Silk bears tanned tone. - Restoration of silk loss and ink loss can be found here and there. - Creases can be found across.
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