The 2022 Sotheby's Special Session on Ancient Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy will be held on April 27, bringing together the treasures of the past. Following the previous selection of calligraphy, this article also selects eight fine works to present to everyone, including Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Preface" Ink Tuoben, Zhang Ruitu's "Xingshu Fragments", Zhang Jinfang's handwritten "Vajrapani Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" and other Han mo, a thousand changes in the body of the book, ups and downs.
Jin Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Preface"
Motuo on paper (Song Tuo) hand-rolled
26.3 x 63 cm
Estimate: HK$800,000 - HK$1,200,000
Note: This Lanting Preface Ink Tuoben has been handed down as the Song Fuzhou Ben, the imitation is fine, the strokes are clear and lovely, and the literati and inkers of the past generations have all been regarded as rare treasures. The exhibition began with the Yuan Dynasty Wu Rui seal book "Orchid Pavilion Preface", with a steady pen style, subtle layout, high structure, and rigorous law. And there are Yuan Zhang Wo white depicting literati portraits, beautiful and smooth, strong lines, vivid portrayal of the gods, exquisite and gratifying.
This (Yuan) Wu Rui Seal Book "Orchid Pavilion Preface" (please watch horizontally)
This (Yuan) Zhang Wo "White Portrait of a Literati"
Since the Ming Dynasty, this painting has been collected by collectors of all generations, and it can be known that this painting was once collected by Zhu Zhongxuan's mansion in the Ming Dynasty, and later collected by An Yizhou, Song Jie, Bi Yuan, Zhang Ruoxiao, Song Baochun, Chen Chongben, Zhang Zhongyan, Luo Tianchi and others.
This ink is tuo
The ming song kefa book Zhao Wenmin Gong "Lanting Thirteen Treks" led by Dong Qichang, Prince Cheng, Zhang Yuesong, Zhang Zhongyan, Luo Tianchi, Du Wei and other scribes handwritten treks, as well as modern and modern connoisseur Xu Bangda inscriptions, circulated clearly and clearly, set the version, the Fa Ti, cultural relics value in one.
This painting is inscribed with a Song Ke inscription
This painting is inscribed with Dong Qichang
This painting is inscripted by Xu Bangda
This is the inscription
Zhang Ruitu's "Xingshu Phrase"
Ink silk vertical shaft
114.5 x 41.5 cm
Estimate: HK$160,000 - HK$200,000
Note: Zhang Rui's book title has become more and more popular, the reason is creativity, although it is called the four families of the late Ming Dynasty together with Dong, Xing and Mi, it is obviously unique, and it has been said that "abandon the old learning and never learn to seek it", which can be regarded as the cause and effect of his achievements. This painting is hard and indulgent, imposing, typical of Zhang's penmanship, and has the seals of important connoisseurs such as Fang Junyi, Li Enqing, Wang Zuxi, wu Yun, etc., and has been circulated in an orderly manner.
Zhang Jinfang's handwritten book "Vajrapani Prajnaparamita Sutra"
Ink on Paper Forty Folio (Select 9 Folio)
22.2 x 27.5 cm
Estimate: HK$80,000 - HK$120,000
Note: Zhang Jinfang, Zi Yuefu, No. 1 Pharmacy. People from Shunde, Guangdong. More than the time, it was appreciated by the celebrities Ji Xiaolan, Qian Daxin, Weng Fanggang, etc., and li Jian was called famous in the Lingnan art scene for his poetry and painting all-round ability. Zhang Pharmacy's heirloom books are rare, such as this vast whole book of Diamond Sutras is even rarer, and this one is also concentrated in the area of Dayuan, Cen Guangju and other township sage inscriptions, pieces of jade Jiguang.
This is a partial part of the frame
Nanyuan Sect, Yueshan Daoist Sect, etc. Inkblots of High Monks of the Yellow Barberry Sect
Ink on paper hand-rolled
29 x 1246.5 cm
Estimate: HK$35,000 - HK$70,000
Note: This volume combines the inkblots of the high monks of the Huang Barberry Sect in a total of sixteen chapters, the above paragraph is the Dongda Zen master, the chronology varies, between 1660 and 1666. Participating monks include the Nanyuan Sect (1631-1692), Yueshan Daoist Sect (1629-1709), The Only Daoshi (1620-1692), Yunqian Jinghuan (1610-1673), and Bai Yan Zhijie (1634-1673), all of whom were monks who crossed to Japan from Fujian in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The content praises his merits, and there are also memories of the time of coexistence, and the poetry is rich.
This is a partial part of the frame
Yang Fa's "Seal Book of Six Sayings"
Ink on paper in pairs
121 x 23.5 cm
Estimate: HK$80,000 - HK$120,000
Note: Yang Fa (1696-1748), zi ji jun, xiao wen, xiao zhi, also known as the Baiyun Emperor, a native of Nanjing, Jiangsu, lived in Yangzhou, and had well-known contacts with Jin Nong, Wang Shishen, Gao Xiang and others, one said to be one of the "Eight Monsters of Yangzhou", and cloth clothes for life. Gong calligraphy and painting are good, but also finely engraved. The seals, subordinates, lines, and grasses are unique and unique. Seal books mostly use curved pens and vibrating pens, and the pen meaning is high; the lishu is similar to the lacquer book of Jinnong, which is clumsy and cold, and the layout is peculiar; the line book is sparse and flexible, and it is very orderly.
Chen Hongshou's "Five Sayings of the Book of Conduct"
Ink on paper in pairs
95.5 x 20 cm
Estimate: HK$40,000 - HK$60,000
Note: Lin Zongyi (1923-2006), a member of the Lin Benyuan family in Banqiao, Taiwan, graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages of National Taiwan University, and later went to the Institute of University of Tokyo to study English literature, in addition to specializing in Chinese, English and Japanese literature, he is also a famous artist in the collection of calligraphy and paintings, who has donated more than 140 pieces of calligraphy and paintings to the National Palace Museum in Taipei, and held the "Mr. Lin Zongyi Mr. Chengdao Father and Son Donation Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition".
Chen Xianzhang's Seven Words and Poems
Ink on paper Vertical shaft
175 x 46 cm
Estimate: HK$60,000 - HK$80,000
Shen Quan Xingshu Linmi Fu "Xishan Academy Post"
Ink Ayamoto vertical shaft
85.8 x 48.7 cm
Estimate: HK$80,000 - HK$120,000
Auction details
Sotheby's Hong Kong Spring Auction of Ancient Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy
April 27