QIANG GUOZHONG (17TH-18TH CENTURY)

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QIANG GUOZHONG (17TH-18TH CENTURY)

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Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
49.5 x 108 cm. (19 1/2 x 46 3/8 in.)
Colophon after the painting by the artist, signed: Qiang Guozhong, with one seal: Guo Zhong
Colophons at the end of the scroll by each of:
Zha Sihan (17th-18th century), signed with three seals and dated jimao year (1699);
Cao Jianlun (17th-18th century), signed with two seals, dated jimao year (1699);
Zha Sheng (1650-1707), signed with three seals and dated jimao year (1699); and
Cao Yueying (17th-18th century), signed with two seals

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(US$6,500-7,700)

Note:
Qiang Guozhong, sobriquet names Danian and Zhuo'an, was a very able court painter, attaining the position of langzhong. He painted for the Qing court at the same time as Wang Yuanqi and Shufeng, and these three artists sometime collaborated in paintings. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.806

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