RULLMÅLNING, signerad Chen Rong, daterad Dao Guang ding you, korresponderande med 1837.
Scenen föreställer landskapet vid Lijiangfloden och avbilder vännernas farväl av ämbetsmannen Xu Fangyan, som lämnar Lijiang. Tusch och färg på papper, med kalligrafi och fyra röda sigill (31,5 x 135,5 cm). Målningen föregås av ett träsnitt med kalligrafi och ett rött sigill (22 x 12,5 cm). Efter målningen följer kalligrafi av tio ämbetsmän från Guangxiprovinsen: Liang Zhangju; Chen Biao; Chen Rong; Chen Yingyuan; Xu Dun; Chen Zhaobo; Yang Qingchen (1783-1867); Hua Jie (1780-1839); Song Qiyuan and Yin Peiduo (31,5 x 547 cm).
Fläckar, slitage, några veck, andra mindre defekter.
Proveniens
The Collection of Hjalmar Olsson (1902-1990), Gustavsberg, Acquired from Estrid Ericson, Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm.
Hjalmar Olson was president of Gustafsberg Porcelain Factory (1937-1968) and Vice Chairman of LKAB 1962-1973. He was elected in 1942 as a member of the Academy of Engineering Sciences where he was 2nd Vice Chairman from 1954-1956, and was appointed as the first honorary member in 1963. He received his degree in 1962 Honorary Doctor of Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
As an engineer he had studied modern porcelain industry in Germany. This took him to Gustafsberg Porcelain Factory already in 1929.
With his great interest in arts and crafts, he built a private collection where quality was always of utmost importance. With help from close friends like Estrid Ericson, owner of Svenskt Tenn, he created his collection during the middle of the 1900's.
Also compare Bukowskis, Sale 583, Dec 2, 2014, Lot 255-290.