A grand Chinese view and at Japanese teabowl stand emerge at Woolley & Wallis

On May 21 Woolley & Wallis of Salisbury will offer ‘The Grand View of Chao Mountain’ by Zhang Da Qian (1899-1983) estimated at £100,000-150,000 as part of its sale of Chinese paintings and works of art.

Extracted from Learn Antiques Gazette | ATG Reporter

‘The Grand View of Chao Mountain’ by Zhang Da Qian – estimated at £100,000-150,000 at Woolley & Wallis.

Signed and dated 1968, the titled slip of this (1.91m) painting is signed by Zeng Ke Duan (1900-76), the famous calligrapher and professor at the University of Hong Kong. He was Zhang Da Qian’s closest friend and partner and was often asked to inscribe important works from his oeuvre.

From an English private collection, it was given by the artist to the owner’s father over afternoon tea sometime between c.1970-80.

Teabowl stand

The Japanese works of art sale at Woolley & Wallis on May 21 includes this negoro-style lacquer tenmoku-dai (a stand for a tenmoku teabowl) from the Muromachi period (1333-1573).

A stand for a tenmoku teabowl from the Muromachi period (1333-1573) – estimated at £2000-3000 at Woolley & Wallis.

This rare piece, once owned by author and British Museum curator Roger Soame Jenyns (1904-76) and purchased from Mayuyama & Co, comes from the collection of an English gentleman who bought it at Spink.

Estimate £2000-3000.