Lot n° 154
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Le Parfum de l'encre / Tresors Des Arts Asiatiques / buddhas - Lot 154
Le Parfum de l'encre / Tresors Des Arts Asiatiques / buddhas of shandong Le Parfum de l'encre (1999)
In China, writing and painting are the same gesture, designated by the same word. In this context, there is a long tradition of scholarly painting, inspired by faithful imitation of the great masters of the classical tradition. From the 15th to the 17th century, the "orthodox" zhengzong school dominated Chinese painting: Roy and Marilyn Papp have chosen the landscapes, flowers, animal paintings and portraits that illustrate Parfum de l'encre, which condenses the most subtle art of the painter-poet-calligrapher. From misty peaks to evanescent clouds, the albums, fans and scrolls in Parfum de l'encre fix on silk or paper the admirable trembling of time, which remains the elusive object of both poetry and painting.
Tresors Des Arts Asiatiques. Florilege De La Collection De Mr Et Mme John D. Rockefeller (2000)
For several decades, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III collected an ensemble of works of art of rare quality belonging to the principal Asian civilizations. On the death of John D. Rockefeller in 1978, this prestigious collection was bequeathed to the Asia Society in New York. This exhibition presents a selection of eighty-one exceptional pieces. Statuary from India, notably from the Gupta and Cola periods, Southeast Asia and the Himalayas are represented by works of the highest quality. China, Japan and Korea complete the picture with a sumptuous selection of paintings and objets d'art, particularly ceramics.
buddhas of shandong (2009)
In 1996, diggers in Qingzhou (Shandong province) discovered a pit measuring sixty square meters and two meters deep. Hundreds of fragments of Buddhist statues were arranged in neat rows. Dated for the most part to the W century AD, these works testify to one of the heyday periods of Chinese statuary. The practice of burying deteriorated works is attested by texts. Nevertheless, the discovery at Qingzhou was a real surprise, not only in terms of the number but also in terms of the quality of the sculptures, whose refinement of execution and preservation of some of the polychromy are remarkable. This is the first time that the French public will be able to measure and admire this essential archaeological discovery for the history of twentieth-century Oriental art.
bel ensemble findakly 1999-2009
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