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Lot 830
SHEN ZHOU (1427-1509)
Landscape in the Style of Zhao Mengfu
Closed1 June 2024
Estimate
HKD 5,000,000–8,000,000
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Dewy and Refined: Shen Zhou’s Landscape in the Style of Zhao Mengfu
Shen Zhou (1427-1509) was a pivotal scholar igniting the emergence and eventually dominance of Wu School in the Chinese paintings history. Through endless creation and practice, his landscapes were influenced by the Song masters Mi Fu, Xia Gui and the four Yuan masters, and eventually established his bold and solid style.
Landscape in the Style of Zhao Mengfu was painted in the spring of 1496 for a patron when Shen Zhou was seventy years old. A perfect example of his mature style landscape, it measures 164 cm., not very long but exemplifies mountains, trees, cottages and footbridges rendered in delicate and dewy brushwork. This is a refined landscape that differs from his more commonly found ones with crude and simple compositions.
Apart from the colophons inscribed by Wu Weiye (1609-1672), He Yuanying (17th C.) and Guo Huixian, collector’s seals of Bi Yuan (1730-1797), Bi Long (18th C.) and Wang Jiqian (1906-2003) are found on the handscroll. In no doubt Landscape in Style of Zhao Mengfu is a gem for collectors and connoisseurs.
Shen Zhou (1427-1509) was a pivotal scholar igniting the emergence and eventually dominance of Wu School in the Chinese paintings history. Through endless creation and practice, his landscapes were influenced by the Song masters Mi Fu, Xia Gui and the four Yuan masters, and eventually established his bold and solid style.
Landscape in the Style of Zhao Mengfu was painted in the spring of 1496 for a patron when Shen Zhou was seventy years old. A perfect example of his mature style landscape, it measures 164 cm., not very long but exemplifies mountains, trees, cottages and footbridges rendered in delicate and dewy brushwork. This is a refined landscape that differs from his more commonly found ones with crude and simple compositions.
Apart from the colophons inscribed by Wu Weiye (1609-1672), He Yuanying (17th C.) and Guo Huixian, collector’s seals of Bi Yuan (1730-1797), Bi Long (18th C.) and Wang Jiqian (1906-2003) are found on the handscroll. In no doubt Landscape in Style of Zhao Mengfu is a gem for collectors and connoisseurs.