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Lot 63
[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]
Wenyuan Yinghua (Finest Blossoms in the Garden of Literature).
Sale 1077 - Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art
Sep 23, 2022 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,000 - 2,000
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$6,875
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Lot Description
[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]
Wenyuan Yinghua (Finest Blossoms in the Garden of Literature).
(China, 16th Century)
2 volumes bound in one, comprising juan 304-313 (of ca 1,000), 8vo (278 x 180 mm). (Light toning to margins.) 20th-century Chinese gilt-speckled blue wrappers and FORE-EDGE PAINTING (outer fold of each sheet opened) of a red-dressed lady in now by Lu Hongnian (1919-1989) from Taicang; Republican Period folding brocade case, a cloth pattern of iridescent beige, green, orange and brown flowers on a blue background, the inner flaps of ruyi-head form with gilt edges, bone toggle.

16th Century reprint, from the Ming Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Longqing (1567-1572), originally compiled during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Northern Song Dynasty, from 982 to 986. The first edition of this Tang Poetry collection was printed in 1201.

李昉等纂宋《文苑英華》卷第三百四至三百一十三
明隆慶(1567-1572)中刊本
白棉紙,藍錦如意函套,包金,内灑金粉箋紙
書口彩繪紅妝立雪,款識太倉陸鴻年(1919-1989),鈐印:陸

明版不稀奇,但裁開書口、彩繪人物是面向洋人特製一種裝幀手法。一度小面積流行於民國琉璃廠“吃洋莊”的書肆間。書口彩繪是西洋特技,民國時廠肆書賈融會貫通,把京華藏家不屑一顧的不成套明版拆開,合二冊為一增加厚度,裁開書口,使之便于繪事,再請畫師于書口作畫,題材大多是基督教人物或風景花卉,最後覆以精美的錦緞如意函套,高價售予西人。

上世紀末以來,這一小批帶有書口彩繪的明版古籍逐漸浮現于美國市場,因過於小衆,少爲華人藏家所知,拍賣場中曇花一現,往往取得不俗成績。紐約佳士得古籍部2010年12月2日曾有一例上拍,書口僅繪牡丹一枝,成交價已自不菲。我司西洋珍本部2021年5月12日售出一類似本,亦爲明隆慶《文苑英華》,書口繪聖母基督,無款,不如本冊出自名家之手:大雪天寒,紅妝素裹,蹙眉櫻唇,似怨非怨,媚骨天成,更惹人憐。
Case: 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 1 1/8 in., 28.5 x 19.5 x 3 cm; Book: 11 x 7 1/8 x 3/4 in., 27.8 x 18 x 1.8 cm.
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