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Anonymous (15th Century) Portrait of a Ming Dynasty Mandarin image 1
Anonymous (15th Century) Portrait of a Ming Dynasty Mandarin image 2
FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF FRENCH DIPLOMAT HENRI HOPPENOT
前法國駐華外交官亨利·奧普諾舊藏
LOT 247
Lot 247

Anonymous (15th Century)
Portrait of a Ming Dynasty Mandarin

3 April 2019, 14:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

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Anonymous (15th Century)

Portrait of a Ming Dynasty Mandarin
Ink and colour on silk, framed
Annotation signed Hua Cheng, with two seals of the artist
Dated yiyou year of Emperor Chenghua's reign (1465)
156 x 104.5cm (61⅜ x 41⅛in)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Private Asian collection
Laurent de Rummel, Collection Jacques Malatier, 10 October 2018, lot 90
Mes Binoche et Godeau, Succession of Mr. Ambassador and Mrs. Henri Hoppenot, 9 April 1991

Note: Henri Hoppenot (1891-1977) served as the secretary at the French legation in Beijing from 1933 to 1937. He was considered, to those who knew him, a particularly courteous and cultured man, "(who had) a passion for art and literature, and an almost religious devotion to culture." He was a great art connoisseur in his own right, and as seen in the sale of his private collection on 9 April 1991 by Parisian auction house Binoche et Godeau, his interest in culture spanned a wide range of subjects from the works of Picasso and Modigliani to sculptures by Alexander Calder to Far Eastern paintings and works of art.

明 佚名 一品文官常服像 設色絹本 鏡框
華誠題識

款識:
☐☐魁梧乎,其器☐☐☐乎,其心☐蚤,蜚英於桂殿,夙☐姓於☐☐。進則著卓魯☐☐績,有以康濟乎斯民;退則踵廣受之芳躅,有以表率乎後人。誠賜時之瑞鳳,實盛之世祥麟。概英☐兮,竟☐覩遺像。☐☐☐☐☐獲雲之有子,而衍慶於☐☐也耶。侯姓鄭,諱☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐華冑,由科目歷仕明☐☐馳聲☐☐☐☐☐,以☐☐☐家。厥子鄉貢進士☐,與予同遊太學,同事地官,將以拜瞻遺像,景仰英風,敬作贊以遺後昆。
時成化元年龍集乙酉(1465)新正之旦,鄉貢進士舜江華誠拜贊。

鈐印:淡而不厭、孟贊

來源:
亞洲私人收藏
巴黎,Laurent de Rummel拍賣行,《雅克·馬拉蒂爾私人珍藏》,2018年10月10日,拍品編號90
巴黎,Mes Binoche et Godeau拍賣行,《亨利·奧普諾夫婦珍藏》,1991年4月9日

註:亨利·奧普諾(1891-1977),法國外交官,一九三三至三七年駐任北京總領事秘書。據其友人回憶,奧氏彬彬有禮,且涵養深厚,「鍾愛藝術及文學,並對文化孜孜不倦」。奧氏身故後,夫婦二人的收藏於一九九一年四月九日在法國巴黎Mes Binoche et Godeau拍賣行釋出,藏品包羅廣泛,從畢加索、莫迪利亚尼及亞歷山大·考爾德到東亞藝術,本幅亦在其中,充分體現奧氏對世界藝術的興趣與熱誠。

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