LIU DU (16TH-17TH CENTURY)

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LIU DU (16TH-17TH CENTURY)

LANDSCAPE OF TIANTAI SHAN

Handscroll, ink on silk
27.8 x 531 cm. (10 7/8 in. x 209 in.)
Signed: Liu Du
One seal of the artist: Liu Du
Colophons at the end of the scroll by each of:
Mei Zongbo (19th-20th century), signed with two seals; Li Baoxun (1859-1915), dated renyin year of the Guangxu era (1902), signed with two seals; Chu Deyi (1871-1942), dated renyin year of the Guangxu era (1902), signed with one seal; Li Jia (19th-20th century); Chen Daoquan, with one seal; Cheng Zhihe, with one seal; Huitang, with one seal; Wu Yuanfu; Xie Fengsun (19th-20th century), dated third year of the Xuantong era (1911), signed with one seal; Qianlu Laoren, with two seals; Xie Fengsun

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(US$51,600-64,500)

Note:
Liu Du was a native of Qiantang (modern Hangzhou), and known by his other studio name Shuxian. He studied painting landscapes from Lan Ying and was a very able student. He also took after the style of Li Zhaodao and Li Sixun of the Tang. His architectural paintings, and in particular his miniatures, are meticulously detailed, rivalling the skills of Qiu Ying. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.1315.

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