14th May, 2025 11:00
Chinese & Japanese Works of Art
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A KOREAN CHAEKGEORI EIGHT-FOLD SCREEN WITH HIDDEN ARTIST SEAL, JOSEON DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
ink and colour on paper, the trompe l'oeil painting depicting scholars possessions, including stacks of books and antiquities, each panel 178 by 42.5cm
Provenance: An old German private collection, acquired in Korea in the 1970's and thence by family decent.
Zacke, auction house, Austria, September 2022, lot 201.
朝鲜王朝：彩绘文房清供八曲屏风，带隐款，19世纪
The theme of books and scholars posessions (chaekgori) became popular at court with members of the elite class in the 18th Century. Such paintings always include stacks of books, ink sticks, brushes, scrolls and antiquities, items that scholars had (or wished to have) around them in the studies.
For a similarly painted ten panel screen, see The Cleveland Museum of Art, acquisition no. 2011.37; and for another, see Christie's New York, Mica: The Collection of Mica Ertegun, Part III, 13 December 2024, lot 1078.
Sold for £30,000
ink and colour on paper, the trompe l'oeil painting depicting scholars possessions, including stacks of books and antiquities, each panel 178 by 42.5cm
Provenance: An old German private collection, acquired in Korea in the 1970's and thence by family decent.
Zacke, auction house, Austria, September 2022, lot 201.
Auction: Chinese & Japanese Works of Art, 14th May, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The sale of 170 lots comprise of a wide range of Chinese works such as ceramics from the Song to Qing Dynasty, an English private collection of jade and hardstone carvings, furniture, bronzes and sculptures.
The Japanese section includes works of art, ceramics, including a small private collection of contemporary ceramics by Kondo Yuzo, bronzes and prints. From Korea, a highlight is a Chaekgeori eight-fold screen with hidden artist seal from the Joseon Dynasty, 19th century.
Viewing
PUBLIC EXHIBITION:
Sunday 11th May: 12pm to 4pm
Monday 12th May: 10am to 8:30pm
Tuesday 13th May: 10am to 5pm
AUCTION:
Wednesday 14th May 2025, 11am, precisely
