Guanyin in Early Tang Style

ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983) Guanyin in Early Tang Style Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper 196.8 x 68.6 cm. (77 ½ x 27 in.) Entitled, inscribed, and signed, with two seals of the artist Dated third month, wuzi year (1948) Dedicated to Qinzhai NOTE: The recipient of this painting, Jian Jinglun, was a native of Guangdong. Born in the fourteenth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1888), he was a scholar, a skilled painter, and calligrapher. With a passionate interest in oracle bone script, he collated many old texts and transformed them into poetry. Known for his vast collection of seals and oracle bone poetry, he spent the late years of his life writing calligraphy and painting.