Page 9 - Christie's Fine Chinese Paintings March 19 2019 Auction

VARIOUS OWNERS
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WAN SHOUQI (1603-1652)
Scholar and Attendant
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and color on silk
41 Ω x 15 Ω in. (105.4 x 39.2 cm.)
Entitled and signed, with one seal of the artist
$2,000-4,000
明 萬壽祺 天開壽宇 設色絹本 鏡框
題識：天開壽宇。壽道人。
鈐印：萬壽祺印

PROPERTY FROM THE ZHIDAO ZHAI COLLECTION 志道齋珍藏
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GAO JIANFU (1879-1951)
Scholar in Autumn
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink and color on paper
32 Ω x 10 º in. (82.5 x 26 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
$25,000-55,000

This painting of a contemplative scholar refects the literati sensibility
and intellectual interests of the owner of the Zhidao Zhai (“Studio
of the Way of Determination”), who was a European diplomat
and scholar. During his career he served in several Asian capitals,
including in China, in the second half of the 20th century. A versatile
linguist, he wrote extensively on Asian literature and history.
高劍父 悲秋 設色紙本 鏡片
題識：悲秋，劍父時客金陵。
鈐印：劍父
註：這幅以沉思士人為主題的畫作，展示了志道齋主人的文化涵
養及對文人領域之興趣。志道齋主人是一名歐洲外交官及學者。
在二十世紀後半葉，他曾在多個國家的首都工作過，包括中國。
他同時還是一名知識淵博的語言學家，書寫了大量的關於亞洲文
學與歷史的作品。

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