Fine Chinese Paintings
Fine Chinese Paintings
Auction Closed
October 8, 11:53 AM GMT
Estimate
1,800,000 - 2,500,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
QI BAISHI (1864-1957)
CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND CRABS
ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
signed, with one seal of the artist
148.3 x 46.5 cm. 58⅜ x 18¼ in.
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齊白石 (1864-1957)
菊盛蟹腴
設色紙本 立軸
款識:菊花開時蟹正肥,余不待菊開,持螯把杯也。白石。
鈐印:「老白」。
藏印:「瑞秀樓珍藏書畫之印」(鈐於裱邊)。
來源:香港蘇富比,二○一五年十月,中國書畫拍賣,編號1375、瑞秀樓收藏
註:本幅畫中盡棄枝幹,祇見翠葉朱菊,似自籬笆密聚下垂,濃華秋榮,艷若晚霞;菊下墨蟹六隻,相向相隨,半為纏結一團,似剛破籠而出,尚未得從容狀。濃墨者,蟹殼用墨團表現,不見筆觸,乃早年畫法;淡墨者,則深淺數筆寫出殼中凸起處之質感。于非闇讚白石「古今畫蟹者神形俱似能有幾人」,本幅足堪証之。畫上未有署年,結合畫風及題款書法觀之,應為三十年代後期所寫。
Sotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Paintings, October 2015, lot 1375
From the collection of Ruey Hsiu Lou