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Lot *230
IN THE STYLE OF LÜ LI (active ca. 1475-1503)
Estimated Value:
1.500 € - 2.500 €
Schätzpreis:
2.000 €
Description:
China, ca. 19th ct.126 x 63,5 cm
One Hundred Quails at a River Bank. Ink and colors on silk mounted as handscroll. Signature at the end of the scroll: “Lü Ji.” One seal of the artist: „Seal of …” (… zhi yin). Eight collectors’ seals at the beginning of the scroll, two collectors’ seals at the end of it: “Wang Wenzhi yin”, Zheng Baoqing yin”, “Yong nian” etc.
From an old southern German private collection, acquired between 1970 and 2002
Countless quails are flying, gathering and crowding on the flat bank of a river. Berry shrubs, chrysanthemums, bamboo and a large juniper tree are growing on the shore. Thick ears of ripe millet attract the birds, peonies and garden rocks add to the beauty of the scene. The painting is in the style of the Painting Academy of the Ming dynasty and bears the signature of Lü Ji, the most prominent painter of flowers and birds in that academy. He served in the ‘Hall of Benevolence and Wisdom’ (Renzhidian) and was promoted to commander in the Imperial Guards during the Hongzhi reign period (1488-1505). He painted flowers and birds in a vivid and meticulous style with bright colors and combined them with rocks in the style of the Zhe School. This painting is of later date, maybe of the 19th century
Minor damages due to age, partly rep.
