AFTER WEN ZHENGMING - THE KING WEN OF ZHOU VISITS JIANG ZIYA AT THE WEI RIVER

Estimated Value:

5.000 € - 8.000 €

Result:

6.475 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, Qing dynasty
33 x 328 / 42 x 334 cm R.
Ink and colors on silk, mounted as a hand scroll, framed behind glass. In a landscape with rocks and trees in a blue-green style, groups of soldiers and the imperial entourage with standards are depicted. Towards the end of the scroll a group of three persons can be seen: Jiang Ziya with a long white beard sits on a rock by the river and is fishing accompanied by a boy servant. They are look at a young man who stands opposite and announces King Wen's visit. Signature at the end of the painting: "Painted on Mid-Autumn Day in the Gengxu Year at the Yangzhou Government Office, Zhengming". A collector's seal "Men Si Shi shi" at the beginning and end of the painting.
From a European private collection, acquired before 1990 - Signs of age, creases, minor rest., partially stained, glass damaged in the middle

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