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Lot 234
IN THE STYLE OF GAI QI (1774-1829)
Estimated Value:
4.000 € - 6.000 €
Schätzpreis:
4.000 €
Description:
China, dated 1815119 x 49 cm, R.
Floral New Year greetings. Ink and colors on paper, framed under glass. Inscription and signature of the artist: "... In the spring, in the third month of the yihai year (1815), ... painted by Qixiang Gai Qi in the Yuhu shanfang." Two artist's seals: “Gai Qi”, “Qifang”. Framed under glass.
From the estate of General Alexander von Falkenhausen (1878-1966). Private collection Rhineland-Palatinate, through inheritance to the present owners
Gai Qi, pseudonym Qifang, was born in Xiyu in western China, worked as an artist in Songjiang near Shanghai. He is best known as a figure painter and painted flowers as well - Damages due to age, wear, minor restored, stained at the mounting
