
Huang Xiangjian, Visiting Friend in Mountains
This intimate fan leaf painting by Huang Xiangjian depicts a solitary scholar visiting a friend among misty mountains, rendered in the literati painting tradition of the Ming and early Qing periods. The composition employs subtle ink washes on luxurious gold paper to create atmospheric depth, with delicate brushwork defining rocky outcrops and architectural elements nestled within the mountainous landscape. The work exemplifies the refined aesthetic preferences of educated elites during the seventeenth century, where such portable fan paintings served as objects of connoisseurship and vehicles for expressing scholarly ideals of friendship and retreat from the secular world.
- Medium
- ink on gold paper, fan leaf
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Painting and Calligraphy on fans from the Xiao Wan Liu Tang Collection ๆๆตทโๅฐ่ฌๆณๅ ่่ๆๆธ ๆธ็ซๆ้ข
October 16, 2024
Estimate: $120,000 โ $280,000
Lot 7048
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