GROUP OF SIX CHINESE 'FIGURAL' INK RUBBINGS
£404
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
三幅《至聖先師像》、觀音圖、達摩圖及福祿壽圖 水墨紙本 拓片 (共六幅)
comprising: three ‘Portrait of Confucius’, 152cm x 110.1cm, 152cm x 109cm, 151cm x 110cm; one depicting the Goddess of Mercy, signed Da Lishan, dated to the 44th year of the Kangxi reign (1705AD), 98.5cm x 46cm; one depicting Bodhidharma, signed Feng Dian, 113cm x 54cm; and one with the Three Stars Gods, signed Zhao Xixian, 111cm x 74cm (6)
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Melrose; acquired in China in the 1940's when working for Shell, thence by descent.
蘇格蘭私人收藏,梅爾羅斯鎮;1940年間在中國就職於殼牌公司時入藏,後家族遞藏。
Footnote
The original stone of the Portrait of Confucius was made by Yunli (1697-1738), also known as Prince Guo, in 1934. The stone is now in the Museum of Xi'an stele forest: https://www.beilin-museum.com/index.php?m=home&c=View&a=index&aid=2640