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Luo Xuan (Active 18th Century)                       伭䂄ġⰙ㯜ġ姕刚䳁㛔ġ㔿㕡⚃ⷭ         Zhang Hong 1577-1662

LANDSCAPES                                           㫦嬀烉晵㬋彃㛒炷㲐烉ㅱ䁢ˬ彃ṍ˭1931炸   ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE ANALECTS AND
                                                     ⢷㚰炻Ή⃫Ṣ䫮⋩Ḵⷨ㕤嗕曚删➪ˤ㠭ₚ      MENCIUS
ink and color on paper, set of four albums leaves    ⫸伭䂄ˤ憸⌘烉伭䂄ˣ侩㝸炷ℑ憸炸
                                                                             ink and color on paper, album of eleven leaves
signed Meixian zi Luo Xuan, inscribed ‘album of      揺啷⌘烉炷⏪喣剔炸㧠⢓䍵啷炷ℑ憸炸ˣ
twelve leaves in imitation of Yuan dynasty artists,  㕘⬱⏪喣剔⫿㧠⢓嘇⡐⏃             signed Zhang Hong, inscribed ‘During the
in the orchid dew thatched hut’, dated xinwei        忻䓓䦀䍑炷ℑ憸炸                beginning of winter in the yiyou year (1645), in
(should be xinhai, 1731) of the Yongzheng reign,                             the Green Wilderness Studio, I painted this in
summer, with two seals of the artist, luo xuan and   Ἦ㸸                      emulation of Su Hanchen of the Song Dynasty’,
lao mei (2)                                                                  each leaf with two artist’s seals, zhang hong (11),
With two collector’s seals of Lü Zaofen, pu shi      䲸䲬喯⭴㭼炻ᷕ⚳⎌ẋ㚠䔓炻2012⸜9㚰13  jun du (11)
zhen cang (2), xin an lü zao fen pu shi hao mo jun,  㖍炻㉵⑩䶐嘇666               Colophons by Qian Yong (1579-1844), signed
and one other collector’s seal, dao fu mi wan (2)                            Meihua xi jushi Qian Yong, dated bingzi (1816) of
28.5 by 27.5 cm. 11¼by 10⅞in. (various sizes)                                the Jiaqing reign, summer, the sixth lunar month,
                                                                             with two seals, qian yong si yin, li qun; and Tong
PROVENANCE                                                                   Huai (1773-1857), with one seal, si ming tong huai
                                                                             With two collector’s seals of Lin Erqing (20th
Sotheby’s New York, Fine Classical Chinese                                   century), ban jiao cao tang zhen cang, ban jiao
Paintings and Calligraphy, September 13, 2012,                               cao tang
lot 666                                                                      each 27.8 by 23 cm. 10⅞by 9 in. (11)

$ 8,000-12,000                                                               $ 25,000-45,000

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