Goldfish
Ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
Inscribed and signed Zuoren, with three seals of the artist, and dedicated to Mr and Prof Chey
Dated 1980
Sold on behalf of a Sydney private collector at Bonhams Sydney, 7 December 2022 (lot 16) for A$24,600 (Estimate A$10,000-20,000).
Carved with a continuous scene of the sages and attendants beside a bridge in a rocky mountainous landscape, with wutong trees and retreats nestled into the
Possibly Ding or Huozhou kilns. The gently sloping sides rising from a slightly splayed foot to an everted petal notched rim, the exterior sides scored
Worked in the form of a recumbent horse, its head turned to the left and looking back towards its hind quarters, the stone of a pale
The rounded sides rising from a short foot to a slightly everted rim, the interior carved with two swimming fish, surrounded by combed work suggesting
The gently sloping sides of each rising from a straight foot to an everted rim, covered to the interior and exterior with an even celadon
Worked with a dragon head terminal facing a chilong carved on the curved shaft, the reverse with a circular knop, the stone of a translucent even