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Presented at auction for the first time, ‘Temple by the Waterfall’ is a rare large-scale splashed colour from the Seoul exhibition still in private hands.

Zhang Daqian painted this spectacular work in 1963 when he resided in Brazil. Featuring mountains with imposing heights that almost reach the clouds, the portrait composition exudes reverence and grandeur that echoes the legendary ‘Travellers Among Mountains and Streams’ by Fan Kuan.

With quick and determined broad brushstrokes, Zhang depicted the foothill in straight and curved lines in the foreground. Moving up, he saturated the paper with water, ink and mineral pigments. The luxurious blue and green hues enshroud much of the middle ground, only to be ornamented by a few pine trees on the hilltop and a temple in the valley.

As the artist continues the journey upwards, he uses layers of diluted ink to give a vague impression of the mountains afar. A waterfall flows gracefully and leads viewers' eyes back to the magnificent splashed colours as if trickling down from the sky.

‘Temple by the Waterfall’ will be offered in our 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale on 26 May 2022 in Hong Kong.

Zhang Daqian, 1899-1983. 'Temple by the Waterfall', 1963. Estimate HKD60,000,000 – 80,000,000 / USD7,700,000 – 10,000,000.

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