A RARE AND LARGE KOREAN PAINTING ON SILK BY HA WOL SA SHI DATED 1764 CHOSON DYNASTY Depicting...

A RARE AND LARGE KOREAN PAINTING ON SILK BY HA WOL SA SHI DATED 1764

CHOSON DYNASTY

Depicting Daoist Immortals, Gods and philosophers sitting at a table set with scholastic attributes and surrounding a central tiger and other ferocious beasts, framed and glazed, 81cm x 125cm.

Provenance: from the collection of John Newall Esq. Formerly in the collection of Mr & Mrs François P. Mallet. Sold at Hôtel Drouot, 18th March 1997 by Research Tajan, lot 112.

Cf. P Valfre, Yixing teapots for Europe, pp.126-127 where this painting is discussed and illustrated.