WEN JIA ZHONG KUI

Lot No: 940

Estimate(RMB): 3,600,000-6,000,000

Price Realized(RMB):5,520,000(Including commission)

Ink on paper, hanging scroll
Dated 1548
Illustrated: 1. History of Chinese Painting: Masters and Rules, vol. 6, pl. 216, Hacker Art Book Publishing House, 1973
2. The Anxiety about Both Refined and Popular Tastes: Wen Zhengming, Zhong Kui and Mass Culture, Taida Journal of Art History, issue no. 16, Taiwan University, March, 2004
3. Art and Archaeology, vol. 1, p. 135, Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, 2005
4. From Style to Painting Conception: Introspection on the History of Chinese Painting, p. 279, SJCP, 2015
Literature: 5. Notes of Liuyanzhai, vol. 1, p. 4-II, Wanli period of Ming Dynasty
6. Collection of Book Series I 2585·Poems of Tianzhitang Studio, vol. 1, p. 8, Commercial Press, 1936
7. Dweller in the Weishuixuan: The Painting and Calligraphy World of Jiaxing in the Late Wanli Period, pp. 183 & 194, China Academy of Art Press, 2008
Provenance: Previously collected by Zhang Heng, J. T. Tai and Wang Shaoyan.
120.5×41.5cm
RMB: 3,600,000-6,000,000
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