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NOTE:
This lot is accompanied by a copy of Collection of
Ancient Chinese Paintings.
Chen Zhongren, a native of Jiangyou (now
Jiangxi), was the younger brother of Chen Lin.
Exceling in landscapes, figures and bird and
flower paintings, Chen was the President of
Anding College of Huzhou and engaged in
artistic exchanges with Zhao Mengfu. His bird
and flower paintings were praised by Zhao as
being even better than those of Huang Quan of
the Five Dynasties.
Birds and Flowers was exhibited twice before the
war in Hong Kong at Fung Ping Shan Chinese
Library of Hong Kong University and
documented in the Collection of Ancient Chinese
Paintings by S. M. Siu.
HK$800,000-1,200,000
US$110,000-160,000
元 陳仲仁(傳) 花鳥四屏 設色絹本
鏡框四幅 一二九九年作
款識: 大德己亥(1299年)春三月江右陳仲仁製。
鈐印一方
藏印:
汪文柏(1662-1722):
汪季青珍藏書畫之印(二次)、
季青鑒定真迹(二次)、汪文柏字柯廷
潘正煒(1791-1850):
潘氏聽颿樓藏(二次)、季彤審定(二次)、
季彤墨緣、季彤心賞、潘氏季彤珍藏(二次)、
聽颿樓藏、季子所藏
展覽: “中國古畫集”,香港大學馮平山中文圖
書館,香港。
出版: 蕭壽民著,《中國古畫集》,昭通蕭氏榴
花館,香港,1966 年 3 月,圖版 57-60。
註: 此拍品附送《中國古畫集》一書。
陳仲仁(元),江右(今江西)人,陳琳弟。
官至陽城主簿。善山水、人物、花鳥,為湖
州安定書院山長,日與趙孟頫論畫法,孟頫
多所不及。後見其寫生花鳥,含豪命思,追
配古人。歎曰:『雖黄筌復生,亦復爾爾。』
其重如此。
據 1966 年出版的《中國古畫
集》,此套《花鳥四屏》,在
戰前曾由香港大學及中英文化
協會香港分會主理,在香港大
學馮平山中文圖書館公開展覽
兩次。
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