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Ye Wenzhou (1741-1827)
Ink Pine Finger Paintings, 1820
Pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper, the first
with a long inscription by the artist, dated
gengchen (1820) and signed Ouxiang laoren
Wenzhou with four seals of the artist; the
second with a long inscription by the artist
dated gengchen (1820), second month,
signed Ouxiang Ye Wenzhou with four seals
of the artist.
69 1/4 x 18in (173 x 45 1/2cm)
$5,000 - 7,000
葉文舟 墨鬆 水墨纸本 立軸兩幅 一八二零年作
Provenance:
Acquired in Taiwan, 1960’s
Ye Wenzhou received his Juren degree in 1786.
He was further posted as an official in Fujian
province and in 1815 relocated to Jiayi, Taiwan.
As a finger painter he was strongly influenced
by Gao Qipei (1660-1734). His extant works are
fairly rare, with examples in the National Taiwan
Museum of Fine Arts (Guoli Taiwan Meishuguan)
and the Zhang Yunzhong collection.
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