What: Fine Chinese PaintingsWhere: Christie’s. 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020, USAWhen: March 20, 2018 at 10.00 AMPublic Viewing: March 16, 10.00 AM – 05.00 PM; March 17, 10.00 AM – 05.00 PM; March 18, 10.00 AM – 05.00 PM, March 19, 10.00 AM – 05.00 PMTop lots of the sale:- Anonymous (13th-14th Century): Sixteen Arhats. Handscroll, ink on paper. Size 12 3/8 x 352 in. (31.5 x 894 cm.) Two collector’s seals of Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322). Frontispiece by Wang Jiqian (C. C. Wang, 1907-2003), signed with two seals and dated early summer, xinwei year (1991). Estimate: $ 800,000 - $ 1,000,000- Wang Fu (1362-1416): Mountainous Landscape. Hanging scroll, ink on paper. Size 56 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (143.9 x 32.2 cm.). Unsigned, with one seal of the artist. Two colophons, one by Wang Dashan (Ming dynasty), with one seal, dated bingzi year (1396); one by Tao Zhen (Ming dynasty), with one seal. Estimate: $ 380,000 - $ 430,000- Zhang Daqian (1899-1983): Bodhisattva. Hanging scroll, ink, color, and vermillion on paper. Size 49 ½ x 25 ¼ in. (125.7 x 64 cm.). Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist. Estimate: $ 300,000 - $ 400,000- Cao Zhibai (1271-1355): Hill Along the Riverbank. Hanging scroll, ink on paper. Size 18 ¾ x 13 7/8 in (47.6 x 35.1 cm.). Inscribed with a poem and signed, with one seal of the artist. Estimate: $ 250,000 - $ 300,000- Qi Baishi (1863-1957): Flowers and Fruit. Four scrolls, mounted and framed, ink and color on paper. Each measures 41 ½ x 13 ¾ in. (105.5 x 35 cm.). Each inscribed and signed, with a total of four seals of the artist. Estimate: $ 250,000 - $ 350,000- Zhang Daqian (1899-1983): Splashed-Ink Landscape. Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and color on paper. Size 18 ¼ x 24 ¼ (46.5 x 61.5 cm). Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist. Estimate: $ 200,000 - $ 300,000- Ding Yunpeng (1547-After 1628): Scholar in Autumn Forest. Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper. Size 50 7/8 x 14 ¾ in. (129.2 x 37.6 cm.). Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist. Dated summer, xinchou year (1601). Estimate: $ 150,000 - $ 300,000- Shitao (Attributed To, 1642-1707): Bamboo, Lotus and Rock. Hanging scroll, ink on paper. Size 69 ¼ x 37 3/8 in. (176 x 95 cm.). Inscribed with a poem and signed, with five seals of the artist. Estimate: $ 80,000 - $ 120,000- Lin Fengmian (1900-1991): Boatman and Cormorants. Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and color on paper. Size 25 7/8 x 26¾ in. (65.8 x 68 cm.). Signed, with one seal of the artist. Estimate: $ 80,000 - $ 150,000- Anonymous (Previously Attributed To Gu Hongzhong): Cock Fight. Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper. Size 50 1/8 x 19 in. (127.3 x 48.3 cm.). Entitled and signed. Further signed by the artist. Two collectors’ seals. Colophon by Xie Daoling (Ming dynasty), with two seals. Dated guimao year (1603). Estimate: $ 70,000 - $ 130,000- Li Keran (1907-1989): Boy with Buffalo. Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper. Size 26 3/8 x 17 ¾ in. (67 x 45 cm.). Entitled and signed, with one seal of the artist. Estimate: $ 70,000 - $ 90,000- Qi Baishi (1863-1957): Shrimp. Hanging scroll, ink on paper. Size 39 ¼ x 13 5/8 in. (99.7 x 34.5 cm.). Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist. Dated wuzi year (1948). Estimate: $ 70,000 - $ 120,000Zha Shibiao (1615-1698): Landscape. Hanging scroll, ink on silk. Size 44 ¾ x 17½ in. (113.6 x 44.5 cm.) Entitled, inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist. Estimate: $ 40,000 - $ 80,000- Qi Baishi (1863-1957): Red Lotus. Hanging scroll, mounted and framed, ink and color on paper. Size 19 ¾ x 9 ¼ in. (50 x 23.5 cm). Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist. Estimate: $ 40,000 - $ 60,000- Yu Fei’an (1888-1959): Pair of Birds on Plum Blossom Branch. Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and color on paper. Size 25 ¾ x 13 ¼ in. (65.5 x 33.8 cm.). Inscribed with a poem and signed, with three seals of the artist. Estimate: $ 40,000 - $ 60,000For details, visit: https://www.christies.comClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.
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