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Yun Shouping 1633-1690 โ€” Yun Shouping, Bamboo and Rocks
Yun Shouping 1633-1690

Yun Shouping, Bamboo and Rocks

This fan leaf painting exemplifies Yun Shouping's mastery of the literati painting tradition during the Qing dynasty, depicting bamboo and rocks rendered with delicate brushwork in ink and colour on paper. Yun Shouping, a prominent painter known for his refined technique and scholarly approach, combines the symbolic imagery of bamboo (representing integrity and resilience) with rocky formations in a composition suited to the intimate scale of fan painting. The work reflects the artist's synthesis of classical Chinese painting principles with his own distinctive style, characteristic of the Yunian school of painting that influenced later practitioners.

Medium
ink and colour on 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: $180,000 โ€“ $380,000

Lot 7094

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Yun Shouping 1633-1690, Yun Shouping, Bamboo and Rocks

This fan leaf painting exemplifies Yun Shouping's mastery of the literati painting tradition during the Qing dynasty, depicting bamboo and rocks rendered with delicate brushwork in ink and colour on paper. Yun Shouping, a prominent painter known for his refined technique and scholarly approach, combines the symbolic imagery of bamboo (representing integrity and resilience) with rocky formations in a composition suited to the intimate scale of fan painting. The work reflects the artist's synthesis of classical Chinese painting principles with his own distinctive style, characteristic of the Yunian school of painting that influenced later practitioners.

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

Related themes

Serene, Chinese Artist, Hanging Scroll, bamboo and rocks, Nature Study, Monochromatic, Ink and wash on paper, Qing Dynasty painting, 17th Century, Literati Painting

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