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CLASSIC SALE 589 Stockholm203205
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A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.

A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.
A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.
A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.
A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.
A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.
A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.
A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.
A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.
A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.
A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.
A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.
A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.
Estimate
50 000 - 75 000 SEK
4 420 - 6 630 EUR
4 550 - 6 830 USD
Hammer price
70 000 SEK
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A Chinese or Japanese Tang-style copy of an older Chinese painting, presumably 11-13th Century.

A portrait of the Buddhist Monk Shan Wu Wei. Ink and colour on silk. Calligraphy, and with the notion of the death-year of Shan Wu Wei in the 23rd year of Kaiyuan, corresponding to 735. 76,7 x 36,5 cm (142 x 53,2 cm including Japanese brocade-framing)

Provenance

Arne Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, The estate Auction of the Art Historian Gustav Lorenzen, ABR Sale 152, 1963, Lot 1523.
The Collection of Art Historian Gustav Lorenzen Copenhagen.

More information

Compare with a drawing of a monk (Arhat Kalika) in British Museum, excavated in 1919 by Aurel Stein, from Cave 17 at Qian Fo Dong, Dunhuang, and dated to circa 851-950, Tang dynasty. Museum Registration Number 1919, 0101,0.163.