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Tokyo Chuo Auction’s inaugural Hong Kong auctions achieve spectacular results

01 lundi Déc 2014

Posted by alaintruong2014 in Chinese Lacquer, Chinese Paintings, Chinese works of Art

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agarwood, Album of twelve leaves, bowl with dragon design, Cinnabar Lacquer, handscroll, Hua Yan, Ink and colour on silk, ink on paper, Ink on satin, Longqing mark and period, Loquats and peaches, Ming Dynasty, Peaches, Poem In Running Script, Rural life, Standard-script calligraphy, WANG DUO, Wu Changshuo, Yong Xing

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Yong Xing (1752-1823), Standard-script calligraphy, handscroll, ink on paper, 29.5 × 115cm. Sold for HK$17,250,000/ US$2,225,806. Photo Tokyo Chuo Auction

HONG KONG.- Tokyo Chuo Auction’s inaugural Hong Kong sales held at the Four Seasons Hotel on 26 November 2014 achieved an impressive total of HK$162,508,800/ US$20,969,877 and were 93% sold. Over 200 lots of fine and rare Chinese paintings, calligraphy pieces, works of art and tea wares were offered in the sales.

Mr Ando Shokei, Founder of Tokyo Chuo Auction, said: “We are delighted with the excellent results of this exciting sale. In a packed saleroom, bidding was consistently active throughout the day, pushing the prices of many lots well above their estimates. Works of rarity, impeccable provenance and freshness to the market were particularly sought after and achieved fantastic prices. Tokyo Chuo Auction endeavours to foster cultural exchange between Japan and China. We are fully committed to developing our business in Hong Kong and the region, bringing more superb works from eminent Japanese collections to our sales.”

The top selling lot was Standard-script Calligraphy by Yong Xing (1752-1823) which realized HK$17,250,000/ US$2,225,806 after spirited bidding, tripling its pre-sale high estimate and establishing a new record price for a calligraphy work by Yong Xing at auction (Lot 237). Yong Xing, the 11th son of Emperor Qianlong (1736-1795) was an esteemed calligraphy master of the Qing Dynasty and Emperor Qianlong frequently ordered him to inscribe Imperial edicts, as his calligraphy was very favourable to the sovereign. This rare handscroll was in the collection of the Qing court and was also recorded in the catalogue of the Qing Imperial Collection.

Another highlight in the Chinese Classical Painting and Calligraphy sale was a large calligraphy scroll, Poem in Running Script by Wang Duo (1592–1652) which commanded HK$13,800,000/ US$1,780,645, well above its pre-sale high estimate (Lot 252). Rendered with vigorous and domineering strokes, the slightly elongated characters exude strength and manifest the artist’s personality.

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Wang Duo (1592-1652), Poem in running script. Hanging scroll, ink on satin, 251 x 48 cm. Sold for HK$HK$13,800,000/ US$1,780,645. Photo Tokyo Chuo Auction

There was robust bidding for Rural Life, an album of twelve leaves by Hua Yan (1682-1756) which achieved HK$8,625,000/ US$1,112,903 (Lot 258), far exceeding pre-sale expectations.

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Hua Yan (1682-1756), Rural life. Album of twelve leaves, ink and colour on silk, 26 x 37 cm x12. Sold for HK$8,625,000/ US$1,112,903. Photo Tokyo Chuo Auction

Other highlights included The Fourth Chapter of the Lotus Sutra from Dunhuang (Anonymous), Tang Dynasty (HK$7,475,000/ US$964,516, Lot 247), Poem in Running Script by Zhang Ruitu (1570-1641) (HK$6,095,000/ US$786,452, Lot 253), Poetry by Qu Yuan in Small Standard Calligraphy by Wen Zhengming (1470-1559) (HK$5,865,000/ US756,774, Lot 249) and Antique Rubbings by Wu Dacheng (1835-1902) (HK$4,485,000/ US$578,710, Lot 262).

Two splendid pieces of agarwood attracted fierce competition and sold for HK$9,430,000/ US$1,216,774, more than ten times their pre-sale high estimate (Lot 160).

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Two pieces of fine agarwood. L:24cm, 369g – L:34cm, 792g. Sold for HK$9,430,000/ US$1,216,774. Photo Tokyo Chuo Auction

In the Chinese Modern Paintings sale, there was enormous interest for Bamboos, Cranes by Pine Tree, a pair of two-panelled screens painted on golden silk by Wu Changshuo (1844- 1927) and Wang Zhen (1867-1938) which realized a strong price of HK$6,900,000/ US$890,323, more than five times the pre-sale estimate (Lot 24).

To commemorate the 170th anniversary of the birth of Wu Changshuo, Tokyo Chuo Auction presented a representative selection of his works, including Peaches (HK$5,750,000/ US$741,935, Lot 18) and Loquats and Peaches (HK$4,140,000/ US$534,194, Lot 17); both realized prices beyond their estimates.

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Wu Changshuo (1844- 1927), Peaches. Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper. Sold for HK$5,750,000/ US$741,935. Photo Tokyo Chuo Auction

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Wu Changshuo (1844- 1927), Loquats and peaches. Hanging scroll, ink and colour on satin. Sold for HK$4,140,000/ US$534,194. Photo Tokyo Chuo Auction

A fine cinnabar lacquer bowl with dragon design, Longqing mark and period, Ming Dynasty achieved HK$2,185,000/ US$281,935, Lot 149). Its exterior is elaborately carved with dragons cavorting amongst billowing clouds and rolling sea waves.

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A fine cinnabar lacquer bowl with dragon design, Longqing mark and period, Ming Dynasty. H:8,5cm; D:18cm. Sold for HK$2,185,000/ US$281,935. Photo Tokyo Chuo Auction

Bidding was very active for exquisite teapots offered in the Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Tea Ceremony sale, reflecting the high level of interest in the market for works in this new collecting category. A pair of iron-coated silver teapots inlaid with gold calligraphy and floral design by Nakajima Kihei from the Meiji Period fetched HK$552,000/ US$71,226 (Lot 127). Other notable lots included a gold embossed teapot by Hisasusumu (HK$517,500/ US$66,774, Lot 129) and a copper-coated silver teapot with wave designed by Yamada Munemitsu from the Meiji Period (HK$ 402,500/ US$51,935, Lot 104).

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Photo Tokyo Chuo Auction.

Dong Qichang (1555-1636), Calligraphy After Yang Ningshi

21 vendredi Nov 2014

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Calligraphy, Calligraphy After Yang Ningshi, collection of Shen Weiqiao, collection of Shen Zengzhi, Dong Qichang, handscroll, ink on paper, Wu Hufan

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Dong Qichang (1555-1636), Calligraphy After Yang Ningshi. Estimate HK$ 1.5 million – 2.5 million (€160,000 – 260,000). Photo Bonhams

Ink on paper, handscroll. Inscribed and signed Dong Qichang, with two seals of the artist. Title slip inscribed by Shen Zengzhi (1850-1922). Colophon inscribed by Wu Hufan (1894-1968) with two seals, dated yimao year (1915). Calligraphy 45cm x 907.5cm (17¾in x357in), Colophon 45cm x 32cm (17¾in x 12½in).

Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Shen Weiqiao (1778-1849)
Formerly in the collection of Shen Zengzhi (1850-1922)

BONHAMS. FINE CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART, 23 Nov 2014 14:30 HKT – HONG KONG, ADMIRALTY

Wang Yuanqi (1642-1715), Landscape

21 vendredi Nov 2014

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Fan leaf, ink on paper, landscape, Wang Yuanqi

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Wang Yuanqi (1642-1715), Landscape. Estimate HK$ 200,000 – 250,000 (€21,000 – 26,000). Photo Bonhams

Ink on paper, fan leaf mounted as hanging scroll. Inscribed and signed Wang Yuanqi, with two seals of the artist and one seal of the collector. Dated bingyin year (1686). Length 52.5cm (20¾in).

BONHAMS. FINE CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART, 23 Nov 2014 14:30 HKT – HONG KONG, ADMIRALTY

Fine classical Chinese paintings & calligraphy to be offered at Sotheby’s New York

10 mercredi Sep 2014

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Avalokitesvara, Bamboo and Rock, Chen Hongshou, Dunhuang Grottoes, Figures, Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, Ink and color on silk, ink on paper, ink on yellow paper, Letters, Lotus After Shitao, Ming Dynasty, Ni Yuanlu, Poem In Running Script, Poems in Cursive Script, Portrait Of Avalokitesvara, Sotheby's, Tang Yin, Wait for a Boat in Autumn, Xiyuan Poems in Cursive Script, Zhang Daqian, Zheng Xie

 

Chen Hongshou 1598-1652 | Lot | Sotheby's

Chen Hongshou (1598-1652), Figures, signed Hongshou, dated gengyin (1650). With one seal of the artist, lao lian, and one collector’s seal, cheng yi zhai zhen wan; ink and color on silk, framed;144.6 by 56 cm. 57 by 22 in. Estimate 800,000 — 1,200,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby’s.

NEW YORK, NY.- On 18 September 2014 Sotheby’s New York will present the bi annual various-owner Fine Classical Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy sale immediately followed by a single owner auction from the Collection of General and Mrs. Zhu. The sales include a range of calligraphy by masters such as Wang Shouren, Xie Jin, Wen Zhengming, and Ni Yuanlu, and Classical paintings by Zheng Xie, Tang Yin, and Chen Hongshou among others. The full offering goes on view on Friday 12 September. 

HIGHLIGHTS

The various owner sale is led by Chen Hongshou’s Figures from 1650 (est. $800,000/1.2 million). The painting beautifully represents the artist’s skill at capturing the human form and comes from an important Singapore collection. (lot 772)

Zheng Xie was one of the ‘Eight Eccentrics’ – a group of Qing Dynasty artists who pioneered a new bold and experimental approach to painting. Bamboo and Rock is a well preserved large-scale example from this period that has remained in the same private collection for decades (est. $850,000/1.2 million). (lot 821)

Zheng Xie 1693-1765 | Lot | Sotheby's

Zheng Xie (1693-1765), Bamboo and Rock, signed Banqiao Zheng Xie, with two seals of the artist, ban qiao dao ren, bing chen jin shi. With one collector’s seal, xiao xian ye lao; ink and color on paper, hanging scroll; 239 by 122 cm. 94 by 48 in. Estimate 850,000 — 1,200,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby’s.

Tang Yin is one of the great Chinese historical figures of the Ming Dynastry whose fame extends far beyond his renown as a painter. Works such as Wait for a Boat in Autumn appear on the market extremely rarely (est. $300/400,000). (lot 750)

Tang Yin 1470-1523 | Lot | Sotheby's

Tang Yin (1470-1523), Wait for a Boat in Autumn, signed Wujun Tang Yin, with one seal of the artist, tang bo hu, ink and color on silk, hanging scroll, 67.5 by 31.7 cm. 26 1/2  by 12 1/2 in.  Estimate 300,000 — 400,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby’s.

Among a strong group of calligraphy being offered in the sales is Poems in Cursive Script by the influential artist and polticial figure Ni Yuanlu (est. $250/350,000). Very few handscrolls by the artist remain in existence and it is particularly rare to find an example with such extensive text. (lot 797)

Ni Yuanlu 1593-1644 | Lot | Sotheby's

Ni Yuanlu (1593-1644), Poems in Cursive Script (detail), signed Yuanlu, with two seals of the artist, ni yuan lu, hong bao. Colophon by He Zhen (19th century), dated jihai of the Daoguang reign (1839), spring, signed Qiantang He Zhen, with two seals, chen zhen, fang gu; Qian Yaohe (?-1830), signed Qian Yaohe, dated the eighth year of the Daoguang reign, wuzi, the fifteenth day of the eleventh lunar month (Nov. 21, 1828), with one seal, qian yaohe; Naito Konan (1866-1934), signed Neiteng Hu, dated bingyin (1926), the eleventh lunar month, with one seal, hu nan; Nagao Uzan (1864-1942), signed Changwei jia, dated bingyin, the seventeenth day of the eleventh lunar month (Dec. 21, 1926), with two seals, chang wei jia yin, yu shan. Titleslip by Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855-1931), signed Quanyang Yi, with two seals, both illegible; Frontispiece by Inukai Tsuyoshi, signed Quanyang Yi, with two seals, quan yang yi yin, zi yuan. With two collector’s seals of Pei Jingfu (1854-1924), bo qian bao ci guo yu mihng zhu jun ma, pei jing fu; two collector’s seals of Yan Liangyu (Qing Dynasty), liang yu, bao hou shen ding, ceng zai yan shi san ai xuan, san an xuan; Jin Futing (19th Century), jin fu ting shou xian shi shou cang; and four other collectors’ seals, de jian shen ding, shang yu ni yi zhen shang, wu xing yao zhuo suo jian miao ji, gui hua xuan cang. Ink on paper, handscroll, 22.5 by 186.4 cm. 8 7/8  by 73 3/8  in. Estimate 250,000 — 350,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby’s.

Wen Zhengming is one of the four great masters of the Ming Dynasty and is represented in the National Museums of both Beijing and Taipei. Xiyuan Poems in Cursive Script comes from the Estate of Wai-Kam Ho – a connoisseur and museum curator who worked at many distinguished institutions and spent the last few months of his life working at the Shanghai Museum (est. $200/250,000). (lot 782)

WEN ZHENGMING 1470-1559 XIYUAN POEMS IN CURSIVE SCRIPT

Wen Zhengming (140-1559), Xiyuan Poems in Cursive Script, signed Zhengming at the age of eighty-six, dated yimao (1555), the sixth lunar month, with three seals of the artist, zheng zhong fu yin (2), wen zheng ming yin, ting yun
With three collector’s seals of Cheng Qi (1911-1988), cheng bo fen tu shu ji, shuang song lou, yan bo sui chu xiao you xian; 
ink and color on paper, handscroll, 24.7 by 450 cm. 9 3/4  by 177 1/4  in. Estimate 200,000 — 250,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby’s.

The single-owner sale of eight pieces formerly in the collection of General Zhu Shaoliang and Mrs. Zhu includes four works by Zhang Daqian and four pre-modern works of painting and calligraphy. The sale is led by Zhang Daqian’s Portrait Of Avalokitesvara From Dunhuang Buddhist Cave which the artist painted during his stay in the Mogao caves in the early 1940s (est. $2.6/3.2 million). Zhang Daqian spent over two and a half years in the caves on the edge of the Gobi Desert painstakingly copying the intricate murals that covered the walls and ceiling. The painting depicts Avalokitesvara holding a crystal plate and a ribbon from the robe. With rich color and dignified figure, this work absorbs the best quality of the Dunhuang art. (lot 967)

Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien) 1899-1983 | Lot | Sotheby's

Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien) 1899-1983, Portrait Of Avalokitesvara From Dunhuang Grottoes, signed shujun Zhang Yuan, dated guiwei (1943), the sixth lunar month, with a dedication to Mrs. Zhu (Hua Defen, 20th Century), and two seals of the artist, yuan, da qian, ink and color on paper, hanging scroll, 128 by 66.1 cm. 50 1/2  by 26 in. Estimate 2,600,000 — 3,200,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby’s.

Other highlights include Lotus After Shitao (est. $800,000/1 million, lot 968) and Poem In Running Script (est. $50/70,000, lot 962) also by Zhang Daqian while the calligraphic works include Letters by Dong Qichang (est. $120/150,000).

Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien) 1899-1983 | Lot | Sotheby's

Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien) 1899-1983, Lotus After Shitao, signed shujun Zhang Yuan, dated guiwei (1943) autumn, with two seals of the artist, zhang yuan zhi yin, da qian. ink on yellow paper, hanging scroll, 166 by 74.3cm. 65 3/8  by 29 1/4  in. Estimate 800,000 — 1,000,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby’s.

Artist’s inscription: 
A blossom and a leaf: the meaning of [the Buddha’s] arrival from the West: Did Dadi know this or not then? 
I wish to move and live amidst the flowers,
But worry that my mundane thoughts would disturb the waters. 

Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien) 1899-1983 | Lot | Sotheby's

Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien) 1899-1983, Poem In Running Script, signed shujun Zhang Yuan, with two seals of the artist, yuan, daqian; ink on paper, hanging scroll, 143.5 by 38 cm. 56 1/2  by 15 in. Estimate 50,000 — 70,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby’s.

Aritist Inscription:
How have affairs changed over the years?
Even Buddha seems aged and weary.
With his magical bowl he tamed the Dragon;
With his powers he guards the Pigeon King.
Beyond the Jade Pass is a dusty vastness;
The Dang River is a roiling whiteness.
On the collapsed pagoda no bells ring;
A profound darkness confronts the sun setting.

A poem on the West Qianfo cave site in Dunhuang, recorded for Master Yimin’s instruction and correction.

Dong Qichang (1555-1636), Letters

Dong Qichang (1555-1636), Letters (detail)

Dong Qichang (1555-1636), Letters. 1. signed « name is on the letter cover », dated the ninth day of the sixth lunar month, with one seal, qi chang – 2. signed « name is on the letter cover » – 3. signed « name is on the letter cover », dated the twenty-eighth day of the fourth lunar month – 4. signed « name is on the letter cover », dated the twentieth day of the sixth lunar month. Colophon by Fan Zhenxu (1872-1960), signed Dongxue laoren, dated yihai (1935) mid-summer, with one seal, yu qin; Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), signed Daqian Zhang Yuan, dated renwu (1942), the beginning of summer, with two seals, yuan, da qian; Gao Yihan (1885-1968), signed Gao Yihan, with one seal, gao yi han yin; Wu Jingheng (1865-1953), signed Wu Jingheng, dated thirty-first year of the republic (1942), the eighth lunar month, with one seal, wu jing heng yin; ink on paper, handscroll; 26.7 by 216.5 cm. 10 1/ 2  by 85 1/8  in.  Estimate 120,000 — 150,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby’s.

16 album leaves of Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691) at Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

19 mardi Août 2014

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17th Century, album leaf, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Cheng Sui, ink on paper, Ming Dynasty, Muqian

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), Landscape with two thatched houses, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP32.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), Landscape with figure carrying staff and passing below an overhanging rock, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP33.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), Mountain landscape with a stone pagoda, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP34.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), Figure seated beneath a rock and an overhanging pine tree, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP35.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), Lakeside with a fisherman in a boat, facing right, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP36.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), Landscape with thatched house at right, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP37.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), A lake with two sailboats, seen from a mountain, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP38.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), Landscape with bridge at left, boatman at right, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP39.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), Lakeside landscape with an angler, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP40.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), Mountain landscape with a building beyond pine trees, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP41.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), Landscape with foreground figure carrying a staff, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP42.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), Lake scene with a seated boatman by a willow, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP43.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), Landscape with pagoda above a lake with two sailboats, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP44.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), Landscape with birds rising from a foreground tree, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP45.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), Landscape with pavilion on a promontory, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP46.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui (China 1605 – 1691), Landscape with pine and rocks, 17th century, album leaf; ink on paper, 26.3 x 34.0 cm approx. Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962, EP47.1962. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (C) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Cheng Sui, alias Muqian, was a native of Shexian, Anhui province. Like many traditional literati artists, Cheng mastered painting, writing and poetry, as well as seal carving. But above all, he was considered a man of great moral integrity.

Cheng Sui belonged to a group of loyalist-literati known as ‘yimin’ or ‘left-over people’, who refused to transfer their political allegiance from the native Ming to the alien Qing. His dissent was expressed in the literary name he took for himself – ‘Goudaoren’ (dusty or grim monk) – thus indicating his regret and pain at being unable to stop the foreign conqueror. The effect of dynastical change on Cheng Sui and his painting style is reflected in these albums, painted in 1668, some two decades after the decline of the Ming dynasty. The choice of subject matter is not new: we see simple huts standing by shores, secluded temples concealed in mountains, an isolated boat with a man drifting between river and sky, and a lonely scholar strolling alone along the streamside. However, one can immediately sense the certain plainness, a melancholy and often bleak and lonely feeling. All these sentiments were reinforced by his characteristic dry and bold brush outlines, added by small dots of dry dark ink. Inscriptions were also brushed with very dry ink, echoing the brush works of the landscape. The one illustrated here reads, ‘Cheng Sui captures an idea in the twelve moon of the ‘wushen’ year [1668] after snow’.

The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.148.

Alain R. Truong

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