Zeng Yandong (late 18th-early 19th century) Riding a donkey
Lot 8392
Zeng Yandong (late 18th-early 19th century) Riding a donkey
Sold for US$ 3,750 inc. premium
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Zeng Yandong (late 18th-early 19th century) Riding a donkey Zeng Yandong (late 18th-early 19th century) Riding a donkey Zeng Yandong (late 18th-early 19th century) Riding a donkey Zeng Yandong (late 18th-early 19th century) Riding a donkey
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Zeng Yandong (late 18th-early 19th century)
Riding a donkey
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper; inscribed and signed Qidaoshi Zeng Yandong with three seals of the artist reading Yandong, Yiwei fengliu, and Wenchang yushen.
40 1/8 x 14 1/4in (102 x 36.3cm)

Footnotes

  • As published in Images of the Mind; the inscription reads:
    [Riding] a cantering donkey on a bride evokes poetic inspiration.
    If the inspiration is just right, than an excellent poem will result, almost without effort.
    Nevertheless this obstinate beast with intractable character makes me anxious.
    I must take care to prevent a fall,
    So how can I have time to concentrate on rhyming?

    Provenance:
    Edward Elliot Family Collection (L113.71)

    Published:
    Suzuki Kei, comp., Chugoku kaiga sogo zuroku: Daiikkan, Amerika-Kananda hen (Comprehensive illustrated catalogue of Chinese paintings: Volume 1, American and Canadian collections), (Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1982) p. 129, pl. A17-036.
    Wen Fong, Images of the Mind: Selections from the Edward L. Elliott Family and John B. Elliott Collections of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting at the Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, N.J.: Art Museum, Princeton University in association with Princeton University Press, 1984.) exh. cat., no. 63, p. 482.
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