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Lot 4
Xu Gu (1824-1896) Squirrels
2 December 2020, 18:00 AEDT
Sydney and Melbourne, ArmadaleAU$25,000 - AU$35,000
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Xu Gu (1824-1896)
Squirrels
Ink and colour on paper, painted fan leaf
Inscribed and signed Xu Gu, with one seal of the artist (twice)
Dated autumn of jimao year (1879)
54.0cm wide
Ink and colour on paper, painted fan leaf
Inscribed and signed Xu Gu, with one seal of the artist (twice)
Dated autumn of jimao year (1879)
54.0cm wide
Footnotes
虛谷 松鼠 設色紙本 扇面 一八七九年作
款識：
〈一〉仿解弢館真本。己卯（1879）秋月。虛谷。
〈二〉虛谷。
鈐印：虛谷（二鈐）
扇面夾層水印：杭省舒蓮記監製、頂市七層棉料
「解弢館」乃華嵒杭州寓所名。揚州地居京杭運河之中，為蘇浙漕運必經之地。明清之季，又為鹽商大賈所聚集，殷富甲天下，故亦供養了大批職業畫家，孕育了揚州畫派。華嵒雍正年間於揚州鬻畫，影響了同光年間同在揚州地區活躍的虛谷，故虛谷作品中常有效華新羅者。上海開埠後，江浙地區經濟中心由蘇杭揚移轉至海上。良禽擇木，故虛谷、吳昌碩、任頤等一脈繼承揚州衣缽，先後集聚於滬，海上畫派遂應運而生。