A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on silk, late Qing dynasty after Qiu Ying.
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With eight seals in red and with calligraphy. Signed Qiu Ying with an additional inscription by Lu Zhi. Pagodas in a landscape setting with figures. Measure motif 53x107 cm. Measure hanging 66x200 cm. Can be rolled up.
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Provenance
From a Swedish private collection, the family lived in Japan, 1957-1971, thence by descent.
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An artisan of lacquer with humble origins, Qiu Ying later became a student of Zhou Chen (around 1450-1535) and a professional painter in the Jiangnan area. Thanks to the patronage of art collectors Zhou Fenglai (1523-1555), Chen Guan (after 1557) and Xiang Yuanbian (1525-1590), he copied and learnt from the Song and Yuan paintings in their collections and eventually became one of the Four Masters of the Wu School. According to Wen Zhengming, Qiu Ying’s painting made him feel ashamed. Some of Qiu’s paintings had inscriptions by his contemporaries Tang Yin, Peng Nian, Wen Jia and Lu Shidao etc. that testified their friendships.