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A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on silk laid on paper, Qing dynasty, probably 18th Century.

Estimate
12 000 - 15 000 SEK
1 160 - 1 450 EUR
1 330 - 1 660 USD
Hammer price
40 000 SEK
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Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on silk laid on paper, Qing dynasty, probably 18th Century.

With calligraphy and seal in red. A scholar in a landscape setting. It illustrates the story of Wang Xizhi writing calligraphy to help out a poor fan vendor (her business boomed thereafter!). Measurement motif 31x63 cm. Measurement hanging 44x143 cm.

Damages, wear, stains.

Provenance

Purchased in China by a Swedish Collector in the early 1960s, thence by descent. The Collector worked for the Etnografic Museum in Stockholm and had a great interest in Chinese Works of Art.