LOT DETAILS

Materials:

ink on silk

Measurements:

17.32 in. (44.00 cm.) (height) by 32.80 in. (83.30 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed Muqi, dated Xianchun period, jisu (1269), with one seal of the artist and one illegible seal

Exhibited:

1). Sogenga: 12th-14th Century Chinese Paintings as Collected and Appreciated in Japan , James Cahill, Berkeley, University Art Museum, 31st March - 27th June 1982, cat.no.14. 2). Ink Mists: Zen Paintings By Muqi , Gotoh Museum, Tokyo, 1996, cat.no.7.

Literature:

1) Scarlett Ju-Yu Jang, "Ox-Herding Painting in the Sung Dynasty", . Artibus Asiae, vol. 52, No. 1/2, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 1992, p.82, fig. 14. 2) . Nihon Suiboku Meihin Zufu, Mainichi Newspaper Co Ltd., September 1993, p.16, no. 5 & 6. 3) . Sekai bijutsu tai zenshu/ New History of World Art: Toyo hen [Eastern series] , vol. 6, Tokyo, 2000, pl. 130.

Provenance:

Acquired from the Tokugawa family, Edo period. Collection of Earl Yasunobu. Sold at Kyoto Bijitsu Club, 23rd June 1924 (Taisho 13), lot 4.