Lot 1609
Lot 1609
Summer Mountains/Calligraphy

WANG YEMEI/YE SONGSHI (19TH CENTURY)

Price Realised HKD 50,000
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HKD 40,000 - HKD 60,000
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Summer Mountains/Calligraphy

WANG YEMEI/YE SONGSHI (19TH CENTURY)

Price Realised HKD 50,000
Price Realised HKD 50,000
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WANG YEMEI/YE SONGSHI (19TH CENTURY)
Summer Mountains/Calligraphy
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on satin
Painting measures 133.5 x 41.2 cm. (52 5/8 x 16 ¼ in.)
Calligraphy measures 134 x 40 cm. (52 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
Painting inscribed with a poem and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated three days before mid-autumn, sixth year of the Guangxu period (1880)
One collector’s seal
Calligraphy signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated mid-autumn, gengchen year (1880) of the Guangxu period

Specialist Note:
Wang Yemei was named Mingyin, courtesy name Yemei. A native of Nanjing, he was good at painting figures, landscapes, animals and flowers.

Ye Songshi was named Wei, courtesy name Songshi. A native of Jiaxing who loved poems and literature, he was good at paintings and calligraphy.
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