FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF FRENCH DIPLOMAT HENRI HOPPENOT前法國駐華外交官亨利·奧普諾舊藏 LOT 247














Anonymous (15th Century)


Portrait of a Ming Dynasty MandarinInk and colour on silk, framedAnnotation signed Hua Cheng, with two seals of the artist Dated yiyou year of Emperor Chenghua's reign (1465)156 x 104.5cm (61⅜ x 41⅛in)
|Provenance：Private Asian collectionLaurent de Rummel, Collection Jacques Malatier, 10 October 2018, lot 90Mes Binoche et Godeau, Succession of Mr. Ambassador and Mrs. Henri Hoppenot, 9 April 1991Note: Henri Hoppenot (1891-1977) served as the secretary at the French legation in Beijing from 1933 to 1937. He was considered, to those who knew him, a particularly courteous and cultured man, "(who had) a passion for art and literature, and an almost religious devotion to culture." He was a great art connoisseur in his own right, and as seen in the sale of his private collection on 9 April 1991 by Parisian auction house Binoche et Godeau, his interest in culture spanned a wide range of subjects from the works of Picasso and Modigliani to sculptures by Alexander Calder to Far Eastern paintings and works of art. 明　佚名　一品文官常服像　設色絹本　鏡框華誠題識款識：☐☐魁梧乎，其器☐☐☐乎，其心☐蚤，蜚英於桂殿，夙☐姓於☐☐。進則著卓魯☐☐績，有以康濟乎斯民；退則踵廣受之芳躅，有以表率乎後人。誠賜時之瑞鳳，實盛之世祥麟。概英☐兮，竟☐覩遺像。☐☐☐☐☐獲雲之有子，而衍慶於☐☐也耶。侯姓鄭，諱☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐華冑，由科目歷仕明☐☐馳聲☐☐☐☐☐，以☐☐☐家。厥子鄉貢進士☐，與予同遊太學，同事地官，將以拜瞻遺像，景仰英風，敬作贊以遺後昆。時成化元年龍集乙酉（1465）新正之旦，鄉貢進士舜江華誠拜贊。鈐印：淡而不厭、孟贊來源：亞洲私人收藏巴黎，Laurent de Rummel拍賣行，《雅克·馬拉蒂爾私人珍藏》，2018年10月10日，拍品編號90巴黎，Mes Binoche et Godeau拍賣行，《亨利·奧普諾夫婦珍藏》，1991年4月9日註：亨利·奧普諾（1891-1977），法國外交官，一九三三至三七年駐任北京總領事秘書。據其友人回憶，奧氏彬彬有禮，且涵養深厚，「鍾愛藝術及文學，並對文化孜孜不倦」。奧氏身故後，夫婦二人的收藏於一九九一年四月九日在法國巴黎Mes Binoche et Godeau拍賣行釋出，藏品包羅廣泛，從畢加索、莫迪利亚尼及亞歷山大·考爾德到東亞藝術，本幅亦在其中，充分體現奧氏對世界藝術的興趣與熱誠。