Live Auction 3425The Feng Wen Tang Collection Of Chinese Paintings
CHEN SHIZENG (1876-1923)
Lot 1231 The Feng Wen Tang Collection of Chinese Paintings

CHEN SHIZENG (1876-1923)

Portrait of A Monk

Closed2 June 2015

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CHEN SHIZENG (1876-1923)
Portrait of A Monk
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
One collector's seal of Zhou Zhaoxiang (1880-1954) and one collector's seal of Liang Jinyu (1911-2003)
Further inscribed by Zhou Zhaoxiang (1880-1954) on the mounting, with three seals
Dated third month, dingsi year (1917)
Titleslip inscribed by Zhou Zhaoxiang (1880-1954)
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
145.2 x 43 cm. (57 1/8 x 16 7/8 in.)
20th Century

Lot 555, 26 April 2004, Fine Chinese Paintings, Sotheby's Hong Kong.

Specialist note

Chen Shizeng was proficient in painting landscape and flowers but seldom painted figures. Chen did this work at the invitation of another eminent artist Zhou Zhaoxiang. Zhou was a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, and a leading artist in Beijing.
The collector Liang Jinyu (1911-2003) was born in Guangdong province. He studied painting from Hu Peiheng. With the guide of his masters, he collected Chinese modern paintings for decades and became a famous collector in modern China history.