SIGNED ZHAO YONG (1289-1369)

Estimated Value:

1.500 € - 2.500 €

Schätzpreis:

3.000 €

Description:

China, Qing dynasty
33,5 x170 cm, R.
Ink and colors on silk, originally a handscroll, framed and glazed. Farewell scene with Zhang Qian leaving for his mission to the Western regions. Signed at the end of the painting: "Zhao Yong", sealed: "Zhongmu". Four more seals. A collector's seal on the mount: "... Xue zhencang shuhua yin". Ten (collector's) seals at the beginning of the painting, some not complete.
Old European private collection, collected in the family before 1980 - Minor signs of age, edges partly cut off
Zhao Yong (1289-ca 1360), courtesy name Zhongmu, was a noted Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet in the Yuan Dynasty. A native of Wuxing in Zhejiang Province, he was the second son of Zhao Mengfu. Zhao was a descendant of the Song Imperial family, the House of Zhao. He became a high official with his father's assistance. Following the style of Dong Yuan and Li Cheng, he had a talent for painting human figures, landscapes, and horses with saddle

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