China and Tibet, important collection of snuff bottles, paintings, jades and porcelain
AUCTION DATE
Monday, November 5th 2018 at 2 pm
Auction House Haynault
Avenue Charles Thielemans 44
1150 Brussels
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Phone
+32 2 842 42 43
EXHIBITION & SALE LOCATION IN SAINT-PETER-WOLUWE
44 avenue Charles Thielemans
Friday, November 2nd from 2pm to 6pm
Saturday, November 3rd from 2pm to 6pm
Monday, November 5th from 10am to noon.
EXHIBITION in Paris « La Salle »
20 rue Drouot :
Thursday, October 25th from 11h till 17h (Some teasers of our sale will be shown)
WHO TO CONTACT
Rodolphe de Maleingreau: rdm@haynault.be
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Zhang Xingjie (1909-1991), Shen Binru (1915-2008), Chen Biqiang
Zhang Xingjie (1909-1991), Shen Binru (1915-2008), Chen Biqiang
Zhang Xingjie (1909-1991), Shen Binru (1915-2008), Chen Biqiang - The Five Cardinal Relationships 五倫圖, 1958
Continuous painting on six scrolls, featuring pairs of birds in a riparian landscape. Calligraphy reads:
五倫圖
戊戌七月朔
Painting of the Five Cardinal Relationships
The first day of the seventh lunar month of 1958
沈彬如陳必强張星階合繪於拙x園
This Zhuo garden was painted jointly by Chen Binru, Chen Biqiang and Zhang Xingjie
Seals:
星階画记 Xing Jie painted this
沈彬印如 as did Chen Bin
陳必强 Chen Biqiang
The five pairs of birds symbolise the five cardinal relationships of traditional Chinese society:
A pair of phoenixes symbolises the relationships between the emperor and empress with the people.
The mandarin ducks represent the marriage relationship.
The two birds on the ground are supposed to be wagtails symbolising the fraternal relationship.
The pair of orioles on a branch symbolise friendship.
The cranes, the patriarch of birds, represent the father-son relationship.
Minor restorations
H: 174 cm; total size 275 cm