Probably Ming Dynasty
Fisherman
Album leaf, ink and colour on silk, with silk-brocade border, glazed and framed, bearing spurious seals of Sheng Mao (active circa 1310-1360) reading Sheng Mao 盛懋 and Zizhao 子昭. 24cm (9 1/2in) high x 23.2cm (9 1/8in) wide.

Footnotes

或明獨釣圖絹本設色鏡框裝裱

Provenance: Dr Stiassny, Switzerland
Mrs Gret Hasler (1895-1971), Winterthur, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1941, and thence by descent

Exhibited: Asiatische Kunst, Bern and Zurich, 1941 (according to the collector's notes)

A trip to New York, Chicago and Washington in 1937 was the starting point for Mrs Gret Hasler's interest in Chinese art. This she continued until the Second World War by acquiring objects from dealers in Paris, Sweden and New York.

來源：瑞士Stiassny博士舊藏
瑞士溫特圖爾Gret Hasler夫人（1895-1971）舊藏，1941年購自上者，並由後人保存迄今

展覽：（據藏家記錄）「Asiatische Kunst」，伯爾尼及蘇黎世，1941年

Gret Hasler夫人對中國藝術的興趣始於1937年的紐約、芝加哥和華盛頓之行。此後，她持續自巴黎、瑞典和紐約的古董商處購藏藝術品，直至第二次世界大戰後。

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