USD 40,000 - USD 60,000
USD 50,000
2008年9月17日
纽约
佳士得(CHRISTIE’S)
SIGNED MA SHAOXUAN, BEIJING, DATED THE DAY BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER IN THE WUXU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1898
Of flattened form with flat lip and recessed, flat oval foot surrounded by a footrim, painted with a continuous scene of nine monkeys on each main side at various pursuits, some seated, others clambering on the gnarled branches of pine trees or atop a large twisted rock, another two eating the fruit of a peach tree issuing from the base of the rock, with an inscription in regular script with the date ‘The day before the beginning of summer in the wuxu year of the Guangxu reign‘ followed by the signature ‘Composed at the Capital by Ma Shaoxuan‘, followed by the seal Shaoxuan, glass stopper with gilt-metal collar
(6.99 cm.) high
