Lot number 596 - Auction 148
BADA SHANREN (MIT UNTERSCHRIFT VON), ALTE BÄUME UND EINE KRÄHE

BADA SHANREN (WITH SIGNATURE OF), OLD TREES AND A CROW China Ink on paper, mounted as hanging scroll. 32x92 cm (44x178 cm overall with mounting). Signed "Jia Xu Zhi Shi Er Yue Chang Wang Qi Lao Xian Di Zheng" and "Ba Da Shan Ren", with a seal "He Yuan" and four additional collector's seals: "Gao Chen", "? Xin", "Zhu Chang", and "Chen ? Jing Yin".Accompanied by a title slip signed "Ming Zhu Da Xian Sheng Hua Gu Mu Han Ya Tu, Jia Zi Qiu Qi Yue Wang Zhen Zhen Cang Shen Pin Zhen Ji Ti Qian". Wang Zhen (1867-1938), courtesy name Wang Yiting, was a prominent businessman and celebrated modern Chinese artist of the Shanghai School. Exhibiting signs of age, with partial creasing and damage to the mounting.