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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
MARK S PRATT, WASHINGTON, D.C.
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ATTRIBUTED TO XIANG SHENGMO (1597-1658)
Crows in Wintery Trees, 1645
Hanging scroll, ink on paper, inscribed by the artist
and dated yiyou (1645) and signed Xiang Shengmo
followed by the artist’s seal reading Kongzhang.
28 1/4 x 10 5/8in (71.7 x 27cm)
$10,000 - 15,000

（傳）項聖謨 寒林羣鴉 水墨紙本 立軸 一六四五
年作

Provenance:
Acquired in Tokyo, late 1950’s

Exhibited:
“Carved by Nature, Untamed Traditions in Chinese
Decorative Art”, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem,
Massachusetts, July 27, 2004-January 30, 2005

來源:
1950年代購於東京

展覽:
皮博迪博物館，”Carved by Nature, Untamed
Traditions in Chinese Decorative Art”, 麻省塞勒
姆，2005年7月27日-1月30日

Xiang Shengmo was born in what is now Jiaxing,
Zhejiang province to a prominent literati family of
vast wealth. His grandfather, Xiang Yuanbian (1525-
1590), was a noted collector and The National
Palace Museum, Taipei, devoted a 2009 exhibition
to the family’s collection, much of which found its
way into the Qing Imperial Collection after having
been been seized by the Qing army during the fall
of the Ming dynasty. Xiang Shengmo’s painting is
noted for its crisp brushwork and connection to the
style of Wen Zhengming (1470–1559).

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