LU HAN (D.1636) Scholars Playing Go under Pine Trees Hanging scroll, ink on paper, signed Lu Han with an artist's seal and a collector's seal. 68 x 36 1/4in (172.5 x 92cm) Footnotes: Provenance: Collection of Yi Kuo-juei (1906-1990), thereafter by descent. Lu Han (ca.1590-1636), courtesy name Shaowei and sobriquet Xuehan, was a native of Hangzhou during the late Ming dynasty. He excelled at painting demon hunters, eccentric immortals and reclusive hermits. His depictions of female figures feature disheveled hair and unadorned garments, and his landscapes, rendered with audacious and expressive brushwork, evoke the bleak grandeur of deep forests and expansive lakes. He is said to have painted murals for the Zhongtian Temple in Hushu, Hangzhou, which were widely admired by his contemporaries. Known for his idiosyncratic personality, he reportedly spent half of each month drinking and the other half painting. He passed away at the age of forty-six. His great-grandson Lu Fei (1719-?) was also an accomplished painter and maintained close ties with the influential Hangzhou artist Ding Jing (1695-1765). 陸瀚（約1590-1636） 松下對弈 設色紙本 立軸 款識：錢塘陸瀚寫 鈐印：陸瀚之印 來源： 易國瑞（1906-1990）舊藏，繼由其後人遞藏至今。 陸瀚（約1590-1636），字少微，號雪酣，浙江杭縣（今杭州）人。工繪事，善作大判、野仙及山野隱逸之流；其仕女不事宮妝，粗頭亂服，別具風致；山水則筆意蒼涼，深林大澤間，森寒之氣撲面。嘗於湖墅忠天廟作壁畫，時賢多有題詠。性疏放，每半月飲酒，半月作畫，年四十六而卒。曾孫陸飛（1719-?）亦善丹青，自幼與丁敬（1695-1765）往還。 *本拍品不設底價 Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing