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Cui Zizhong 1574-1644 โ€” Cui Zizhong, Parrot
Cui Zizhong 1574-1644

Cui Zizhong, Parrot

This fan leaf painting by Cui Zizhong exemplifies the Ming dynasty literati tradition of depicting birds with delicate brushwork and refined compositional sensibility. Executed in ink and colour on luxurious gold paper, the work showcases the artist's mastery of capturing the parrot's plumage and alert posture through economical yet expressive strokes. The gold ground not only reflects the painting's precious materials but also creates an intimate, decorative format characteristic of scholar's fan paintings from this period.

Medium
ink and colour on gold paper, fan leaf

๐Ÿ”จ Auction Lot

Painting and Calligraphy on fans from the Xiao Wan Liu Tang Collection ๆ‰‡ๆตทโ”€ๅฐ่ฌๆŸณๅ ‚่ˆŠ่—ๆ˜Žๆธ…ๆ›ธ็•ซๆ‰‡้ข

October 16, 2024

Estimate: $120,000 โ€“ $320,000

Lot 7043

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Cui Zizhong 1574-1644, Cui Zizhong, Parrot

This fan leaf painting by Cui Zizhong exemplifies the Ming dynasty literati tradition of depicting birds with delicate brushwork and refined compositional sensibility. Executed in ink and colour on luxurious gold paper, the work showcases the artist's mastery of capturing the parrot's plumage and alert posture through economical yet expressive strokes. The gold ground not only reflects the painting's precious materials but also creates an intimate, decorative format characteristic of scholar's fan paintings from this period.

Medium
ink and colour on gold paper, fan leaf
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Ink and color on silk, Delicate brushwork, Animal Portraiture, Chinese Artist, Hanging Scroll, Naturalism, Ming Dynasty, Scholarly aesthetics, Literati Painting, Bird Study