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AFTER FU SHAN (1607–1684)
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5
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AFTER FU SHAN (1607–1684)
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
AFTER FU SHAN (1607–1684)
A vertical painting in ink and light colours on paper, depicting a plum tree in bloom at the end of winter, whose twisted trunk and tall branches evoke an eagle with outstretched wings, taking flight.
Bearing an apocryphal signature ‘Shan’ and accompanied by a colophon in the form of a seventeen-syllable couplet taken from a poem by Du Fu: “If only I could still walk with vigour, I would seek out the flowering plum trees in the distance and scatter their blossoms beneath the clear sky!”
(Stains, small creases; mounted as a scroll).
China, 19th century.
AFTER FU SHAN, A SCROLLED VERTICAL PAINTING, INK AND COLOURS ON PAPER, CHINA, 19TH CENTURY.
DIM. 167 X 45 CM (65 3/4 X 17 3/4 IN.)
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About the sale
THE BERNARD ROUSSEAU COLLECTION – DRAWINGS BY HOKUSAI, PAINTINGS FROM JAPAN AND CHINA
Auction location
Auction time
10/22/2026 at 3:30 PM
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