Asian Art II - 21st May 2025
Lot 655
AFTER DONG QICHANG (QING DYNASTY)
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £1260
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Description
AFTER DONG QICHANG (QING DYNASTY)
MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE
79.5cm x 32.5cm.
From the collection of Jean Brediam (d.1949).
A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on silk, signed Xuan Zai, with two artist's seals, which read Chang and Taishi yin.
From the collection of Jean Brediam (d.1949), who was the Director General of the Municipal Services of the French Concession in Shanghai until 1940. In 1946, he returned to China and was appointed the Head of the Shanghai office of the French Economic Mission.