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PROPERTY FROM
THE COLLECTION
OF ANN AND
GORDON GETTY

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Zhu Jianshen (Emperor Xianzong) 1447-1487 㛙夳㶙炷㖶ㅚ⬿炸ġㆠ欂⚾ġ姕刚䳁㛔ġ掉㟮

CARP 㫦嬀烉䘥欂ˤ⮷凇庽㲃↢㶭㷈炻䵚⼿⏛㰇ᶨ⯦欂ˤ氈
句慹↨⟒ℍ棴炻ỽ⤪區ˎ⌣ㆠ⺔ˤㆸ⊾彃ᶹ炷1481炸炻
ink and color on paper, framed 㔯厗㭧⽉䫮ˤ憸⌘烉⺋忳ᷳ⮞

signed Yubi (in the imperial hand), dated xinchou (1481) of the Ἦ㸸
Chenghua reign, with one seal of the artist, guang yun zhi bao
29.3 by 25.8 cm. 11½ by 10⅛ in. 䲸䲬喯⭴㭼炻ᷕ⚳丒䔓炻1985⸜12㚰5㖍炻㉵⑩䶐嘇81

PROVENANCE ⬱Ƹ味吪㗗叿⎵䘬ヰ┬⭞炻⭌ℏ姕妰ⷓ炻㗪⯂⃰扺␴喅
埻⑩㓞啷⭞ˤ℞ᶰ⣓ㆰ䘣Ƹ味吪⎴㧋普媠⣂柕扄㕤ᶨ
Sotheby’s New York, Fine Chinese Paintings, December 5, 幓炻㗗伶⚳⮎≃㚨晬⍂䘬ẩ㤕⭞炻㈽屯Ṣ炻ヰ┬⭞ᷳ
1985, lot 81 ᶨ炻⸞㑩㚱冒⶙䘬吉厬惺匲⚺⍲⑩䇴炻⎴㗪ḇ㗗叿⎵
⎌℠㫴∯ἄ㚚Ṣ炻ẋ堐ἄ㚱˪偾‹⃳˫ˣ˪䑲⬱␴揀
Ann Getty is a philanthropist, designer, taste-maker and 倚˫䫱ˤㆰ䘣Ƹ味吪㗗䞛㱡⣏Ṑ嬻Ƹᾅ伭Ƹ味吪䫔⚃⫸炻℞
collector. She is married to Gordon Getty, a businessman, ⭞㕷喅埻➢慹㚫㕿ᶳ㑩㚱ℐ䎫喅埻⑩㓞啷㚨寸⭴䘬㨇
investor, philanthropist, vintner and classical music composer 㥳ᷳᶨ⍲ℑ攻⌂䈑棐炻⎴㗪㚜㗗⛐喅埻⑩䞼䨞␴ᾖ⽑
of operas, including Plump Jack and Joan and the Bells. He 㕡朊⺽柀㤕䓴ˤ味吪⣓Ṣᶨ䚜⮵ᷕ⚳喅埻デ冰嵋炻㛔
is the fourth child of the oil tycoon J. Paul Getty Sr., whose 㫉⚃ẞᷕ⚳丒䔓ἄ⑩㗗℞㕤ᶨḅℓ˧⸜ẋ忂忶䥩㳥␴
family art foundation endows the world’s richest art collecting ㉵岋㕡⺷㇨岤⼿ˤ
institution and two museums, leading the global change for
art research and conservation. Mrs. Getty, long interested
in Chinese art, purchased this small selection of high quality
classical Chinese paintings in the 1980s privately and through
auction.

$ 50,000-70,000

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