SIGNED PAN GONGSHOU (1741-1794)

Estimated Value:

4.500 € - 6.500 €

Schätzpreis:

4.500 €

Description:

China, Qing dynasty
68 x 33 cm
Scholar’s Study in a Mountain Cliff by a Lake. Hanging scroll, ink and light colors on paper. Inscription and Signature of the artist at the upper right: “Copy by Lu Shuping (Lu Zhi, 1496-1577) of the painting ‘Scholar’s Study Between Trees in a Mountain Cave’ by Guo Heyang. … In the second month of the xinhai year (1791) copied by Lian jushi Gongshou.” One seal of the artist: “Pan shi Shenfu”. Three collectors’ seals. On the upper left a poetic inscription by Wang Wenzhi (1730-1802), signed: “Written by Wenzhi.” Two seals: “Seal of Wang Wenzhi” (Wang Wenzhi yin), “Once crossed the wide sea” (Ceng jing cang hai).
From a private collection in southern Germany, acquired in the 1980s from Wolfram von Stockhausen, Munich
Pan Gongshou, style name Shenfu, was from Dantu (today Zhenjiang) in Jiangsu province. He was a well known painter of landscapes, flowers and Buddhist figures. His paintings were frequently inscribed by his friend Wang Wenzhi who was also from Dantu and a famous calligrapher
Minor damage due to age, little stained

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