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Unknown — 吳麟畫、朱之蕃題 墨筆山水|Zhu Zhifan and Wu Lin, Calligraphy in Cursive Script
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吳麟畫、朱之蕃題 墨筆山水|Zhu Zhifan and Wu Lin, Calligraphy in Cursive Script

This fan leaf painting exemplifies the literati tradition of collaborative works, combining Wu Lin's landscape composition executed in ink with Zhu Zhifan's poetic inscription in cursive script. The gold paper ground provides a luminous backdrop that enhances the delicate brushwork of the mountain scenery while creating an elegant contrast with the calligraphy. The intimate scale and portable format of the fan leaf format reflected the scholarly practice of exchanging such objects among educated elites during the Ming or Qing dynasty.

Medium
ink on gold paper, fan leaf

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Painting and Calligraphy on fans from the Xiao Wan Liu Tang Collection II 扇海─小萬柳堂舊藏明清書畫扇面 II

April 10, 2025

Estimate: $60,000$120,000

Lot 8034

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Unknown, 吳麟畫、朱之蕃題 墨筆山水|Zhu Zhifan and Wu Lin, Calligraphy in Cursive Script

This fan leaf painting exemplifies the literati tradition of collaborative works, combining Wu Lin's landscape composition executed in ink with Zhu Zhifan's poetic inscription in cursive script. The gold paper ground provides a luminous backdrop that enhances the delicate brushwork of the mountain scenery while creating an elegant contrast with the calligraphy. The intimate scale and portable format of the fan leaf format reflected the scholarly practice of exchanging such objects among educated elites during the Ming or Qing dynasty.

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

Related themes

Contemplative, Chinese Artist, Ink and brush, Hanging Scroll, Landscape, Ming Dynasty, Monochromatic, Cursive script calligraphy, Literati Painting, Scholar-artist tradition

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Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art