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FROM THE MOZHAI COLLECTION (LOT 101-143)
「默齋」曹仲英先生舊藏中國書畫 (編號101-143)
Lot 130

ZHAO ZHIQIAN (1829-1884)
Peonies, 1873

24 October – 7 November 2025, 12:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

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ZHAO ZHIQIAN (1829-1884)

Peonies, 1873
Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
Signed Zhao Zhiqian, with a dedication and two artist's seals
Dated twelfth year (1873) of Tongzhi reign
124.3 x 62.7cm (48⅞ x 24⅝in)

Footnotes

Published:
Collection of Modern Chinese Paintings-Collection of Cao Mozhai, Vol. I, Shanghai Paintings and Calligraphy Publishing House, Shanghai, July 2010, p. 124-127

趙之謙 牡丹 設色紙本 立軸 一八七三年作

款識︰
星堂仁兄大人雅屬。同治十二年五月,會稽趙之謙。

鈐印︰趙之謙、趙撝叔

出版:
《近現代中國繪畫集萃——曹氏墨齋藏》(一),(上海)上海書畫出版社,二〇一〇年七月,頁124至127

註︰牡丹乃趙之謙拿手之題材,此圖係受人所託,創作於1873年。描繪山石旁一叢牡丹。枝幹疏朗挺拔。濃密枝葉中掩映艷麗紅黃兩色牡丹,美艷脫俗。紅牡丹用沒骨法繪成,黃牡丹爲逸筆勾勒填以淡黃。花色艷麗,與深綠色花葉形成鮮明對比。前置山石,呈丁字形,以淡墨寫成,濃墨點苔復以石綠提醒。整幅畫以倒三角形構圖,重色牡丹及花葉集中於畫幅上半部,半隱於山石之後。山石瘦削,與其後之牡丹如包裹之花束,穩扎佇立,三平面層次造成立體效果。山石下芳草茂盛,並題款於左下方,使整個畫面平衡,並無頭重腳輕之感。整幅畫面險中求穩,疏密有致,變化豐富,乃趙氏花卉作品常見風格,打破歷代花鳥畫構圖侷限,爲趙氏新創。趙之謙將書法篆刻之構圖向繪畫滲透,爲其後任伯年、吳昌碩、齊白石、潘天壽所承繼發揚。——崔迎春

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