PROPERTY OF A KOREAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR (LOT 1698-1712)

A 16TH CENTURY LETTER
Correspondence
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
31 x 47 cm. (12 ¼ x 18 ½ in.)
Signed with one seal
One collector’s seal of Xiang Yuanbian (1525-1590)
One collector’s seal on mounting

SPECIALIST'S NOTES
In between old pine and running stream, the collector’s seal found on most of the paintings in this collection, belongs to the family of Young-Ik Min and Pyong-U Min.
Young-Ik Min (1860-1914), a prominent figure in the late Joseon Dynasty of Korea, was also a painter who travelled to China in 1887. After political turmoil, he stepped down from the court and spent most of the time studying paintings, calligraphy and seal carving with Chinese artists such as Wu Changshuo. His nephew, Pyong-U Min, followed his footsteps to pursue an interest in classical
Chinese art and continued to build up their collection of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy.
Thirty works from the same collection will be featured in the Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy auction on 28 November (Lots 921-950).