1. ATTRIBUTED TO WANG SHIMIN (1592-1680) "STREAM WITH PINES AND EGRETS IN FLIGHT" AFTER ZHAO SONGXUE (ZHAO MENGFU 1254-1322).

Ink on Paper, Signed 王時敏 Wang Shimin, dated 10th month fifteenth day of Yiyou year (1705). From an album of twelve leaves after Songxue (Zhao Mengfu), with a seal: Wang Shimin. 42cm by 31cm paper image size 60.5cm by 38.5cm including the frame

The collector’s seal may read 雲谷曾藏識者寳之 (yun gu ceng cang shi zhe bao zhi). The seal for the owner is called Ye Menglong (1775-1832)

Note - Wang Shimin (1592-1620) is the first of the Four Wangs of the seventeenth-century Orthodox school, and Wang Hui (1632-1717) is his most brilliant pupil.

See Landscapes Clear and Radiant: the Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717) cat.14, album of twelve leaves, 1673), Princeton Art Museum) and cat.15,album of twelve leaves (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1674, 1677, pp,200-202). You can also find the Met album online on the Met website. The idea behind such albums was to show, on a small scale, typical compositions and subject-matter of well-known Song and Yuan paintings. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/41481The last two of its leaves are by Wang Shimin, the rest by Wang Hui, with lengthy colophons about their collaboration.

Wang Shimin (王時敏, 1592-1680) was a pivotal figure in Chinese art history, renowned as one of the “Four Wangs” of the Orthodox School during the early Qing Dynasty. Born in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, he emerged as a critical bridge between Ming and Qing dynasty artistic traditions, particularly in landscape painting. Wang Shimin was a pivotal scholar-artist who epitomized the literati painting (文人畫) tradition. Unlike professional court painters, he represented the ideal of the educated gentleman-artist who practiced painting as an intellectual and spiritual pursuit. His work was deeply rooted in the scholarly ideals of self-cultivation and artistic expression.

Provenance - baring a paper label to the reverse "Chinese River Scene, Ming Period, R. H. Glen, Manor Gardens Henley on Thames" which appears to be first half of the 20th century, also baring a a paper label for a framers "A. R. Skillen & Co of 17 Lambs St Bloomsbury" the label of the framers would suggest it was reframed between (1936-1941) as this was the period that they were in that location and going by that company name.

Literature - Tian Hong, Overseas Collections in the Twentieth Century: Wang Nanping’s Collection of Ancient Chinese Paintings, vol. 2, (Tainjin: Tainjin People’s Fine Arts Press), 2015, p.345, pl. 112.
班宗華，高居翰，王南屏，《玉齋珍藏明清書畫精選》(紐黑文：耶魯大學美術館)，1994，頁148、150，編號 38
田洪編著，《二十世紀海外藏家——王南屏藏中國古代繪畫(中卷)》 (天津：天津人民美術出版社)，2015，頁345，圖112
徐邦達編，《中國繪畫史圖錄 下》(上海：上海人民美術出版社）,1984，頁706，編號451
陳振濂，《陳振濂談中國繪畫史 4: 明清》(浙江：浙江古籍出版社)，2007，頁40

We would like to thank Professor Roderick Whitfield and Caroline Blunden for their work cataloguing the four works offered in this auction

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Whilst attributed to Wang Shimin, the authenticity of these works cannot be definitively guaranteed. We strongly advise all prospective bidders to conduct their own thorough inspection and satisfy themselves as to the nature, attribution, and condition of each lot prior to bidding. By choosing to bid, you confirm that you are entirely comfortable with the artwork as offered, and fully accept it on that basis. No refunds, cancellations, or post-sale disputes will be considered in relation to issues of authenticity or attribution.