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Zou YiGui (鄒一桂; 1686-1772) Chinese Qing Dynasty traditional scroll painting, ink on silk, hanging scroll, Signed. Bright red and wash yellow pigmentation crescendos into layered petals forming the chrysanthemum bloom. Lithe brushwork creates silky smooth leaves that resemble outstretched hands begging for gold from the sun above. This painting adheres to the Gongbi style by capturing the outer realism of the flower while still hinting at the deeper spiritual beauty. Cursive script writing forms an array of characters at the upper right of the painting followed by two red artist seal marks.
PROVENANCE: From the heirloom collections of DR. Wu Guozhen (吳國楨; October 21, 1903-June 6, 1984) was a Chinese political figure and historian, government official who served as mayor of Hankow (1932-1938), mayor of Chung-king (1939-1941), political vice minister of foreign affairs (1943-1945), mayor of Shanghai (1946-1948), and governor of Taiwan (1950-1952) and the former Chairman of Taiwan Provincial Government. He resigned in 1953 and went to the United States. K.C. Wu lived in the United States where he served as professor of Chinese history at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. During his time in the United States, he wrote various works, including a detailed analysis on Chinese culture in the context of mythology and early history in his book The Chinese Heritage.
The second part collections of DR. Wu Guozhen (吳國楨) presented and offered up to auctions: ON DAY-1: From Lot-97 through Lot-124, and continued from Lot-204 through Lot-228. ON DAY-2: from Lot-357 through Lot-386.
LOT NOTES: Zou Yigui (鄒一桂; 1686-1772) pseudonym as Yuanbao (原褒), sobriquet as Xiaoshan (小山) and Erzhi (二知), is a famed Chinese painter in Qing Dynasty. He was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.
He painted for the imperial family, skilled in painting flowers in minutes ways. He was also talented in painting landscapes. He wrote a book, Art of Painting of Xiaoshan (小山画谱).