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Lot 18

Attributed to Huang Shen (1687-1772)
Five Bats

23 November 2021, 18:00 AEDT
Sydney

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Attributed to Huang Shen (1687-1772)

Five Bats
Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
Inscribed, and bearing a signature of Huang Shen, with two seals of the artist
Dated the 15th year of the Qianlong period (1750)
169.0 x 88.0cm

Footnotes

Provenance:
Private collection, Singapore, accompanied by a valuation issued by Dr Chen Siew-Min (son of Chen Wen Hsi), The Old & New Gallery, dated 1 February 1972, for value of S$150,000
Private collection, Sydney, acquired locally during the 1980s, and was included in a valuation by the Art Gallery NSW shortly after for the purpose of identification

(傳)黃慎 五蝠圖 設色紙本 立軸

款識:(文略)乾隆十五年(1750)春正月。寧化黃慎。
鈐印:黃慎、瘿瓢
簽條:黃慎五蝠圖

傳承:
新加坡私人收藏,附1972年由 The Old & New Gallery 陳少明(陳文希子)出據的估價單,估價金額新幣S$150,000
悉尼私人收藏,上世紀八十年代購於當地,不久後紐省博物館為藏家評估所藏,該幅作品也包括其中

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