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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PATRICIA AND
PROFESSOR ROLAND WINSTON
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ZHAO ZHIQIAN (1829-1884) “Lanshu” might be Ding Wenwei (1827-1890), a native of Xiaoshan
Magnolia (now Hangzhou), Zhejiang province. His flower painting followed the
Folding fan, mounted as a hanging scroll, ink and light color on gold- style of Xu Wei and Yun Shouping. He was also a talented calligrapher,
flecked paper, inscribed and signed Huishu Zhao Zhiqian, with a specializing in seal and clerical scripts, as well as a bamboo carver
dedication to Lanshu (Ding Wenwei 1827-1897) and one seal of the and poet. Zhao Zhiqian once painted Lanshu zhu ti Dabi shanguan
artist Zhao Zhiqian. tu shi yi guang zhi (藍叔屬題大碧山館圖詩以廣之) for Ding Wenwei.
7 1/2 x 21 1/8in (19.2 x 53.6cm) The inscription indicated the artist first met Ding around 1851-1852.
Their shared interests in painting, calligraphy, and seal carving formed
$6,000 - 9,000 a close friendship between the two. Zhao Zhiqian not only created
paintings that were dedicated to Ding Wenwei, but also carved seals
趙之謙 白玉蘭 淡設色紙本 扇面裱為立軸 for him. For example, a seal reading Ding Wenwei with an additional
inscription carved on the side of the stone by Zhao Zhiqian in 1859 is
Provenance: in the collection of Shanghai Museum.
Far East Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, October 2001

來源:
2001年10月購自美國加州舊金山遠東藝術畫廊

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