LOT DETAILS

Materials:

ink on paper

Measurements:

50.59 in. (128.50 cm.) (height) by 22.44 in. (57.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Wang Yuanqi, dated jisi, summer solstice (June 21, 1689), with three seals of the artist, sao hua an, wang yuan qi yin, lu tai; with one collector's seal of Bi Long (18th Century), bi long jian fen cang yin; Li Jiafu (1829-1894), shi men li shi yin lian guan zhen cang shu hua yin; Jin Chuansheng (19th Century), jin chuan sheng; Yu Teng (1832-1890), fei qing guo yan; and one other collector's seal, xi chuan xue shi shui ji tang shan fang

Condition:

hanging scroll

Exhibited:

Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese painting, Phoenix Art Museum, September 2-October 9, 1994; The Chrysler Museum, Virginia, November 13, 1994-January 8, 1995; Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, September 9-November 11, 1995; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, December 15, 1995-February 18, 1996; China Institute, New York, February 4-June 10, 1998. . Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp , Musée Cernuschi, September 23-December 30, 1999. . 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:

Shina Nan-ga Tai-sei , vol. 10, Tokyo: Kobunsha, 1935, pl. 76. Osvald Sirén,. Chinese painting: Leading Masters and Principles, vol. VII, New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1956, p. 439. Jason Guo,. Wang Yuanqi de Shanshuihua Yishu, Taibei: National Palace Museum, 1981, pl. 8, p. 143. Xu Bangda,. Gaiding . Lidai Liuchuan Huihua Biannianbiao, Shanghai: Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1995, p. 201. . Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese painting, Phoenix Art Museum. , 1994, cat. 22, pp. 65-67. . Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp , 1999, Musée Cernuschi, 1999, cat. 24, p. 83. Claudia Brown,. Great Qing: painting in China, 1644-1911 , University of Washington Press, 2014, fig. 2.6, p. 42