Asian Art II - 15th November 2016
Lot 504
A RARE AND LARGE KOREAN PAINTING ON SILK BY HA WOL SA SHI DATED 1764 CHOSON DYNASTY Depicting...
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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.