Anonymous (17th/18th century) Portrait of the Scholar Hu Yuan
Lot 1089
Anonymous (17th/18th century)
Portrait of the Scholar Hu Yuan
Sold for US$ 2,500 inc. premium

Lot Details
Anonymous (17th/18th century)
Portrait of the Scholar Hu Yuan
Ink and color on silk, mounted on back board, depicting a scholar wearing a blue outer robe trimmed in black, the lapels gathered and secured at the chest with a tasseled-tie, the inner robe in turquoise with a white collar, and on his head he wears a tangjin-style hat with trailing straps, while seated on a carved lacquer chair decorated with ruyi patterns (abrasions, cracks, stains, fading).
52 1/2 x 29 1/4in (133.3 x 74.3cm)

Footnotes

  • While the sitter is depicted in mid-Ming style and wearing Ming-style clothing, a cartouche attached to the back of the frame identifies the scholar as the Song dynasty Confucian scholar Hu Anding, or Hu Yuan (993-1059).
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