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WANG LI (1813-1879)
Birds, Flowers and Vegetables, 1862
Album of twelve leaves, ink and color on paper, each leaf inscribed by
the artist, the third leaf dated renxu, each leaf with the artist’s seals Qiu
Yan Shuhua, Qiu Daoshi, Lao Qiu Huaji, Qiu Yan, and Wujiang Wang Li.
9 1/4 x 12 1/4in (23.4 x 31.1cm), each leaf (12).
$4,000 - 6,000

王禮 花鳥蔬果雜冊 設色紙本 册頁十二開 一八六二年作

Provenance/來源:
Far East Fine Arts, San Francisco, California
加州舊金山遠東藝術中心

Published/出版:
Toda, Teisuke and Hiromitsu Ogawa comp. Comprehensive Illustrated
Catalogue of Chinese Paintings, Third Series, Volume 1: American and
Canadian Collections, University of Tokyo Press, 2013, A50-51, p. 203
戶田禎佑、小川裕充，《中國繪畫總合圖錄》三編，第一卷，東京大
學出版會，東京，2013年，A50-51，頁203

Little, Stephen, and J. May Lee Barrett. New Songs on Ancient Tunes:
19th-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Richard
Fabian Collection, Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts,
2007, pp. 234-235
Little, Stephen, J. May Lee Barrett,《古調新歌：費立哲神父珍藏十九
及二十世紀中國書畫》，檀香山藝術博物館，夏威夷，
2007年，頁234-235

Exhibited/展覽:
New Songs on Ancient Tunes, Honolulu Art Academy, Honolulu,
Hawaii, August 30-October 28, 2007
《古調新歌：費立哲神父珍藏十九及二十世紀中國書畫》，檀香山藝
術博物館，夏威夷，2007年8月30日至10月28日

Wang Li was originally from Suzhou, but he relocated to Shanghai to
be a professional painter. His energetic and colorful style of bird and
flower painting were recognized and promoted by Zhang Xiong (1803-
1886), and Wang Li became influential on the emerging Shanghai
School. In 1862, the year this album was created, he was one of the
founding members of the Duckweed Flower Club (Pinghuashe), an
elite Shanghai painting social group. Among Wang Li’s students was
Zhu Cheng (1826-1899) (see lot 26). For similar themed albums by
Wang Li, see The Complete Collection of the Treasures of the Palace
Museum, vol. 15 Paintings by the Famous Artists of the Shanghai
Region, Hong Kong, 1997, pp. 8-22 (《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集 15
海上名家繪畫》，香港商務印書館，1997年，頁8-22).

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