11th Mar, 2022 10:00
DAY 2 - TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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‘LADY AND PARROT’, BY XU CAO (1899-1961)
徐操(1899-1961)《美人鸚鵡》
Sold for €6,325
including Buyer's Premium
China. Ink, gilt, and watercolors on paper. Finely painted with a noble lady seated in an elaborately crafted wooden chair with gilt fittings and silk brocade back, a table holding a wine cup and an ancient bronze vessel as well as a large vase held by a stand beside her. The lady is looking toward her parrot perched on a gilt swing suspended from a dragon fitting mounted to a wooden pole.
Inscriptions: Upper left, signed ‘Yansun Xu Cao’, and with a lengthy inscription. One seal of the artist.
Provenance: UK trade, by repute acquired from a British private collection.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor old wear. Soiling, browning, and foxing, all found exclusively outside the depiction, therefore probably added by the artist on purpose. Mounted as a hanging scroll.
Dimensions: Image size 81 x 35.5 cm, Size incl. mounting 215 x 51 cm
Expert’s note: Xu Cao was a leading conservative artist in Beijing during the 1930s and 1940s. Some scholars have later described him as possibly the last living proponent of the Imperial School. Xu Cao's zestful brushwork and taste for theatrics were conservative in their references to the past, but wholly modern in the spirit of defiance and abandon they celebrated. This is clearly seen in the present work, with the paper being deliberately ‘aged’ with simulated wear, a dramatic effect that - like in theater- creates a stark contrast between the actual depiction and the background.
Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related painting by Xu Cao, also depicting a lady and parrot, dated 1939 by inscription, at Christie’s Hong Kong in Fine Chinese Modern Paintings on 30 May 2017, lot 1297, sold for HKD 150,000.
徐操(1899-1961)《美人鸚鵡》
中國。立軸，紙本水墨設色描金。畫中一位仕女坐在絲錦椅背上，身畔桌子上放著酒杯和銅瓶，旁邊的三足架上放著一隻大花瓶。仕女正逗玩著棲息在一個鎏金鞦韆上的鸚鵡。設色精美，人物造型準確，形態逼真，陳設傢俱細節刻畫細緻。
款識：新將金巢籠鸚鵡，朝餐多與教來香閣幾行詩，贏得頻開齲齒，小鳥聰明如許，誦來楚之，休將呢語令他知，恐怕人前亂語。霜紅主人燕孫徐操。
鈴印：燕孫徐操
來源：英國古玩市場，據説來自英國私人收藏。
品相：狀況極佳，有輕微舊磨損。 汙漬、褐變和起皮。裝裱立軸。
尺寸：畫面81 x 35.5厘米，總215 x 51 厘米
拍賣結果比較：比較一件徐操1939年的《美人鸚鵡》，見香港佳士得Fine Chinese Modern Paintings 2017年5月30日 lot 1297, 售價HKD 150,000。
China. Ink, gilt, and watercolors on paper. Finely painted with a noble lady seated in an elaborately crafted wooden chair with gilt fittings and silk brocade back, a table holding a wine cup and an ancient bronze vessel as well as a large vase held by a stand beside her. The lady is looking toward her parrot perched on a gilt swing suspended from a dragon fitting mounted to a wooden pole.
Inscriptions: Upper left, signed ‘Yansun Xu Cao’, and with a lengthy inscription. One seal of the artist.
Provenance: UK trade, by repute acquired from a British private collection.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor old wear. Soiling, browning, and foxing, all found exclusively outside the depiction, therefore probably added by the artist on purpose. Mounted as a hanging scroll.
Dimensions: Image size 81 x 35.5 cm, Size incl. mounting 215 x 51 cm
Expert’s note: Xu Cao was a leading conservative artist in Beijing during the 1930s and 1940s. Some scholars have later described him as possibly the last living proponent of the Imperial School. Xu Cao's zestful brushwork and taste for theatrics were conservative in their references to the past, but wholly modern in the spirit of defiance and abandon they celebrated. This is clearly seen in the present work, with the paper being deliberately ‘aged’ with simulated wear, a dramatic effect that - like in theater- creates a stark contrast between the actual depiction and the background.
Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related painting by Xu Cao, also depicting a lady and parrot, dated 1939 by inscription, at Christie’s Hong Kong in Fine Chinese Modern Paintings on 30 May 2017, lot 1297, sold for HKD 150,000.
徐操(1899-1961)《美人鸚鵡》
中國。立軸，紙本水墨設色描金。畫中一位仕女坐在絲錦椅背上，身畔桌子上放著酒杯和銅瓶，旁邊的三足架上放著一隻大花瓶。仕女正逗玩著棲息在一個鎏金鞦韆上的鸚鵡。設色精美，人物造型準確，形態逼真，陳設傢俱細節刻畫細緻。
款識：新將金巢籠鸚鵡，朝餐多與教來香閣幾行詩，贏得頻開齲齒，小鳥聰明如許，誦來楚之，休將呢語令他知，恐怕人前亂語。霜紅主人燕孫徐操。
鈴印：燕孫徐操
來源：英國古玩市場，據説來自英國私人收藏。
品相：狀況極佳，有輕微舊磨損。 汙漬、褐變和起皮。裝裱立軸。
尺寸：畫面81 x 35.5厘米，總215 x 51 厘米
拍賣結果比較：比較一件徐操1939年的《美人鸚鵡》，見香港佳士得Fine Chinese Modern Paintings 2017年5月30日 lot 1297, 售價HKD 150,000。
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