In the style of Su Liupeng (ca. 1791-1862)

Estimated Value:

400 € - 600 €

Result:

971 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, 19th century
43,5 x 63,5 cm (71 x 59 cm R.)
Ink and colours on silk, mounted and framed under glass. Depicting Lady Cai Wenji leaving her Xiongnu family and returing to the Han Empire. Upper left a dedication to Gaizhi, signed: "On the last day of the sixth month in the summer of the ?mao year painted by Liupeng in the Zhenqin Hut". One seal illegible.
An old and important German private collection, collected from the 1950s until 2007 - Minor signs of age, somewhat rubbed
Su Liupeng had a courtesy name, Zhenqin, and a pseudonym, Zhen Taoren, being also known as Luofu Taoren. A native of Shunde, under the influence of his father, Su Yishu, he nurtured a love for painting since early childhood. Imbued with the painting style of Song and Yuan dynasties, Su Liupeng’s painting was also influenced by Fujiang School painters like Shangguan Zhou and Hunagshen. He was especially good in the portrait of subjects from different walks of life, and an expert in genre painting , which reflected folk life during the middle Qing period

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