Lot 261

ALBUM OF TWENTY-SIX 'WATER MARGIN' ILLUSTRATIONS
AFTER CHEN HONGSHOU (1598-1652), 17TH CENTURY




Auction: 8 November 2016 at 17:00 GMT
£10,000
Description
based on the original illustration of Chen Hongshou's album Shui Hu Ye Zi, ink and colour on silk, mounted on to the album with cloth-bound cover, with colophon on gold paper by Qian Shixin (1642-?), signed Nan Cun Qiao Zhe Qian Shixin (woodcutter from the Southern village), with three seals
Dimensions
each leaf 18.5cm high, 13.5cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Edinburgh collection.



