ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Lot 1155

ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)

Peonies

Closed1 December 2023

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HKD 756,000

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ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983)
Peonies
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
95 x 53.5 cm. (37 3⁄8 x 21 1⁄8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist and one dated seal of gengshen year (1980)
Dated summer, sixty-ninth year (of the Republic, 1980)

Property from a Private Taiwanese Collection;
Christie’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Modern Paintings, 28 November 2017, Lot. 1340.

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Note:
This painting was completed in 1980 and the artist’s inscription states that it was painted on patterned paper made in the style of Song Dynasty. The paper was custom-made by Japanese artisans under the request of Zhang Daqian. According to the inscription, this painting should be the first work painted by Daqian after he received a new batch of the special paper. The watermark specific to this paper is faintly visible in the upper left corner of the painting.