CHINESE SCHOOL, SIGNATURE OF WEN ZHENGMING µûçÕ¥àµÿÄ...

CHINESE SCHOOL, SIGNATURE OF WEN ZHENGMING µûçÕ¥àµÿÄ (1470-1559)
Mountains and river landscape with stilt houses and daoist scholars
Ink and colours on silk Inscribed with a calligraphy and two seals on the upper left
Signature of Wen Zhengming µûçÕ¥àµÿÄ
Dated to a year of the reign of Emperor Jiajing
Dimensions (the sole painting): 30.5 x 26cm

Provenance:
> Private collection;
> Former collection of Henri and Jean Brionval, French Diplomats, Tanger, Morocco.

Notes:

1. A painter, calligrapher and poet, Wen Zhengming, born Wen Bi, is one of the four masters of the Ming painting.

2. Henri Brionval (1907-1978), a French Diplomat, was a member of the United Nations Commission on Korea based in Pusan in 1950. The same year, he was appointed a counsel at the French Embassy in Moscow. His brother, Jean Brionval (1904-), had a long-lasting career in the French Diplomacy as an ambassador with numerous positions such as in Ceylon and Indonesia. Both were avid collectors of Asian antiques. Henri is believed to have acquired numerous paintings and ceramics while living in Korea. Jean Brionval was also a French Diploma who was, notably, Ambassador in Ceylon.