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Zhang Zongcang 1686-1756 โ€” Zhang Zongcang, Landscape after Wang Fu
Zhang Zongcang 1686-1756

Zhang Zongcang, Landscape after Wang Fu

This fan leaf painting by Zhang Zongcang demonstrates the literati painter's engagement with historical precedent through its deliberate stylistic reference to Wang Fu, a Yuan dynasty master. The work employs delicate ink washes and subtle color accents on paper to construct a intimate landscape composition, typical of the fan format's constraints and refinement. Zhang Zongcang's brushwork reveals both reverence for earlier tradition and the mature technical facility expected of a Qing scholar artist.

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 7061

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Zhang Zongcang 1686-1756, Zhang Zongcang, Landscape after Wang Fu

This fan leaf painting by Zhang Zongcang demonstrates the literati painter's engagement with historical precedent through its deliberate stylistic reference to Wang Fu, a Yuan dynasty master. The work employs delicate ink washes and subtle color accents on paper to construct a intimate landscape composition, typical of the fan format's constraints and refinement. Zhang Zongcang's brushwork reveals both reverence for earlier tradition and the mature technical facility expected of a Qing scholar artist.

Medium
ink and colour on paper, fan leaf
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Related themes

Contemplative, Classical Tradition, Chinese Artist, Hanging Scroll, Landscape, Qing Dynasty, Monochromatic, Ink and wash on paper, 18th Century, Literati Painting

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