Tartar Hunt

Name: ANONYMOUS (17TH CENTURY)
Brand: Tartar Hunt
Price: 3000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 3,750

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USD 5,000 - USD 7,000

Closed: 17 Nov 2016

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ANONYMOUS (17TH CENTURY)

Tartar Hunt

Price Realised USD 3,750

Closed: 17 Nov 2016

Price Realised USD 3,750

Closed: 17 Nov 2016

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Property of a Private New York Collection

ANONYMOUS (17TH CENTURY)
Tartar Hunt
Eight-panel screen; ink, color, gold and gold leaf on paper
60 5/8 x 141 ¾ in. (154 x 360 cm.)

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Lot Essay

"A Tartar Hunt" is a standard Chinese painting theme, first popularized by the Southern Song court artists Chen Chuchong in the early thirteenth century. The Chinese had admired and emulated the equestrian skills and derring-do of the Tartars and Mongols in warfare and hunting. The colorful, exotic costumes and artifacts of the nomads fascinated the Chinese.
For a lacquer inro with the same motif in the sale, see lot 95.