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A LARGE YUAN / MING DYNASTY This painting features a group of six Apsara gleaming pupils set in elongated, almond-shaped
PAINTING OF FEMALE DEITIES WITH GESSO or Feitian standing atop of clouds and in the eyes with narrow ‘bags’ below and well-shaped ⃫㖶厑啑䔓⁷
HIGHLIGHTS foreground is dense leafage as well as a censer. arched brows. 湣ⶫ朊炻㯜⡐炻㯜䰱炻䞛儷 ẁ⤛共悐堐䎦梥㺧炻桐㟤㶭㘘炻䫮妠侩䶜炻㖶㘿 㔯䌣⍫侫烉ᶨẞ⬳慹㗪㛇䀘㲍掉㟮˪厑啑䔓⁷˫
Ink, gouache and gesso on linen In the back we see the entrance to a terrace, ᷕ⚳炻⃫军㖶ẋ Ⰼ㫉㻠忚㝼␴ˤ朊柘寸䙰炻ᶳ柶㝼儜炻㛙⒯⤪⎴呻 ᶲ⎗夳⬴ℐᶨ农䈡⽝炻喯⭴㭼˪ᷕ⚳喅埻⑩˫炻楁
China, Yuan – Ming Dynasty a tree and a vessel from which a cylindrical Shape: Rectangular horizontal shape 唦凔⇍农炻㞛䚱㛷䚖炻湹䝛䅈䅈炻䚱滣䚠忋ˤ 㷗炻2015⸜12㚰4㖍炻287嘇㉵⑩
flame is emerging. The celestial maidens are Dimensions: approx. 163 x 85 cm 㬌丒䔓䓇≽㳣㻹炻↢冒ἃ㔁⁛䴙⚾⁷炻ẍ䓀倭䚩
This remarkably lively painting stands in the shown in flowing garments and wear elaborate Condition: Overall excellent condition, consistent 㔎䃴䞛䩇ᾅ⬀䘬Ⓒẋ⡩䔓⍲䴡䔓炻㚨⺋䁢Ṣ䞍炻 攟㕡⼊ Estimate EUR 10.000,-
tradition of Buddhist imagery, best known from headdresses. They hold various attributes such with its age, trimmed at the margin, some ⺞临军⬳ˣ慹ˣ军㖶ẋ㖑㛇炻⛐ᷕ⚳⊿悐⋨➇䘬 ⯢⮠烉163 x 85 cm Starting price EUR 5.000,-
wall paintings and silks from around the Tang as a canopy, lanterns or a lotus flower halberd. pigment loss and stains, soiling ⮢昊悥㗗ẍ⡩䔓⼊⺷↢䎦ˤ㔎䃴卓檀䩇怢⛨⶚ 㔜橼䉨㱩列⤥炻䫎⎰⸜ẋ炻怲䶋ᾖ−忶炻壒刚炻
dynasty (618-907) preserved in the Dunhuang Lotus leaves and blossoms are repeatedly Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, ⎗夳㲍⟹㴖晽⟿慹㈨㱽炻ᶼ䚃埴㕤⬳㗪㛐晽炻⍲ 㚱㰉嶉
cave temples of Gansu province, which lived incorporated in the depiction which a majestic assembled in the 1930s to early 1950s
on particularly in North China in the Song blossom right at the center. 慹ẋ⡩䔓ˤ 㭼庫⬳㛅㛶ⴑ丒㔯Ṣ䔓ᷕᶨṽ⤛炻桐㟤㚜栗㝼
(960-1279), Jin (1115-1234) and early Ming Literature comparison: for a stucco panel of ␴炻朊⭡䚠役䃞庫夳ℏ㔪炻寸柘歖㼌炻䚱滣廱㉀㚚
(1368-1644) periods in form of temple frescoes. The angels’ faces show an exquisite, crisp a lady, dating to the Song / Jin dynasty and 忁ⷭ䔓䘬䈡溆㗗ᶨ䳬ℕᾳẁ⤛䩳㕤暚Ⰼᷳᶲ炻⚃ ⚻炻䍵䎈䵜檖炻㬌䴡庠䎦⬀⎘⊿⚳䩳㓭⭖⌂䈑昊炻
The technique of using gesso relief highlights painting style with sharp, determined brush showing the exact same facial features as the ␐䵈叱␴䂇曏䑘丆ˤ⛐側㘗塷ṕ⎘㚚㧳ˣ㳩㯜埴 ↲㕤˪ṽ⤛䔓ᷳ伶˫炻冢⊿炻1988⸜炻⚾䇰10ˤ
is already found in the Mogao Grottoes of strokes, softened by graduated shading. The protagonists in the present painting, including 暚䫱䘬溆䵜炻ẁ⤛Ᾱ䨧叿䱦䶣炻ṾᾹㇳ㊩⸉㕿ˣ ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻ᶲᶾ䲨ᶱ⋩⸜ẋ军Ḽ⋩⸜ẋ
Dunhuang and became popular for Song smooth, fleshy faces have exaggerated chubby the gesso highlighting, see Sotheby’s, CHINESE ⁀味炻⣂嗽⎗夳咖剙叱␴咖剙ˤ 岤ℍ
dynasty wooden sculptures and Jin dynasty wall cheeks and chin, where the skin forms soft folds, ART, 03 DECEMBER 2015 - 04 DECEMBER 2015,
paintings. stylized lips elegantly pursed like a flower, HONG KONG, lot 287.

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