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в ͘ ̅ ANONYMOUS (YUAN/EARLY MING DYNASTY)
Τ ؈ ࠫ Melon and Grasses
ྡ ɓ ink and colour on paper, one album leaf, framed

ʩ ක ink and colour on paper unsigned, with six collector’s seals of Xiang Yuanbian (1525-1590), one collector’s seal of Shen Zhou (1427-
1509), one collector’s seal of Wu Ting (ca. 1600), two collector’s seals (partially) of the Emperor Qianlong and three other collectors’
Ї ண seals at the mounting
׼ Ѝ ᗝ 27 by 28.5 cm
Ϙ ॷ ࣪ PROVENANCE ᛠᔛΙj

ಂ ͉ Collection of Zhang Xueliang, Taiwan. (ධʩӟ)⵼ҽeኈ؍।ِ(̒Ι)eग़ದːሧeධɿԯ࢕ޜᔛe˂ᛑ
ტeධʩӟΙ(̒Ι)
Sotheby’s New York, Fine Chinese Paintings, 2nd June 1987, lot 3.
Eskenazi Ltd, London, 2009. (ӏմ) ӏմᘒِ(̒Ι)
( )
(юҒ) юҒ
EXHIBITED
(৻ඤ܎)ɧҎੀ(̒Ι)e఻ะᛡሧʘᖗ(̒Ι)
Seven Classical Chinese Paintings, Eskenazi Ltd, London, 2009.
(ඕ׵⟱⨶)ᆇ⯞eੵኪԄΙeඹऎ߰ᛡᔛޜ
LITERATURE
Seven Classical Chinese Paintings, Eskenazi Ltd, London, 2009, Ը๕j
cat. no. 7 and cover.
Giuseppe Eskenazi in collaboration with Hajni Elias, A Dealer’s ੵኪԄᔚᔛ
Hand: The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe ॲߒᘽబˢdʕ਷ࣣ೥d1987ϋ6˜2˚dᇜ໮3
Eskenazi, London, 2012; Chinese version, Shanghai, 2015. reprint ࡾ౶̔ॶᄁdࡐ౱d2009ϋ
2017, pl. 147. ࢝ᚎj

HK$ 300,000-500,000 Seven Classical Chinese Paintings‘dࡾ౶̔ॶᄁdࡐ
US$ 38,300-64,000 ౱d2009ϋ
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Seven Classical Chinese Paintings‘dࡾ౶̔ॶᄁdࡐ
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ࡾ౶̔ॶᄁdᑡλԽ዆ଣdʕ਷ᖵஔۜ຾଻፽jࡾ౶̔ॶᄁ
ٙΫኳ‘dࡐ౱d2012ϋdʕᙇوdɪऎd2015ϋd2017ϋΎ
وdྡو147

In the history of Classical Chinese painting, the depiction of melons ءjίʕ਷̚˾ࣣ೥ʕdᖭ೥͘؈ޫϞᔮϗబԑʘจܠdᖸᇶஹ
always carries a metaphorical meaning of bumper harvests. Compare ၧϾ͛d͘ߌε˲੗dϞ၅༶ၧڗdεɿε࢑ʘᒯఏd݊ެ܃൮
two similar examples from the Qing court collection, preserved in the ૄˈՉఃฌʘᕚҿf̨݂̏ࢗ௹ي৫ᔛՇ΁Ъ̙ۜԶਞϽdܼ̍
National Palace Museum, Taiwan - Qian Xuan’s Autumn melon, ፺፯߇͘ྡ‘(Ԉ݂ࣣࢗ೥ྡ፽‘(ɚ)dࠫ251-252)ʿ҂ɛ
and Autumn melon by an anonymous Song dynasty artist (see ߇͘ྡ‘(Ԉ݂ࣣࢗ೥ྡ፽‘(̬)dࠫ167-168)dۃ٫ၾ͉షʘ
Illustrated catalogue of paintings and calligraphy in the National Palace ڌତ˓ج޴ڐdɽߧމᗝ྅࿴ྡf
Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, no. 2, pp. 251-252 and no. 4, pp.167-168
separately). The Qian Xuan one shares a nearly mirror composition
as the current lot.

34 I FOR COMPLETE CATALOGUING ༉းྡ፽ʫ࢙ሗᓭᚎ SOTHEBYS.COM/HK1292 THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG I 35