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Lot 105

Anonymous
Chickens and Chicks after Ming Emperor Xuanzong (1426-1435)

28 November 2015, 11:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

Sold for HK$137,500 inc. premium

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Anonymous

Chickens and Chicks after Ming Emperor Xuanzong (1426-1435)
Ink and colour on silk, mounted
With three seals of the collectors
70cm x 56cm (27½in x 22in).

Footnotes

Provenance:
Private collection, France

佚名 擬明宣宗子母雞圖 設色絹本 鏡心

藏印:商丘宋犖審定真跡、海山僊館珍藏圖記、顯王鑑賞之章

來源:法國私人收藏 

註:明宣宗(1399-1435),姓朱,名瞻基、號長春真人,建元宣德。工書畫,山水、人物、花鳥、走獸、草蟲,無一不精。繪畫多以生活為題材,藉此宣揚道德倫理。在位期間更以恢復兩宋畫院的盛況為目標,大力推動創作,使當時宮廷繪畫可與北宋徽宗的宣和畫院媲美。本幅擬宣宗子母雞圖,畫公雞母雞帶群雛在草地上覓食,筆法精細,具宋人工筆韻味。

有關明宣宗原作可參考《故宮書畫圖錄》,國立故宮博物院,第六冊,頁151-152

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