Dong Qichang - Wanluan Thatched Hall 1597

Dong Qichang - Wanluan Thatched Hall 1597

Wanluan Thatched Hall 1597
hanging scroll, ink and light colors on paper
Sold for: USD 10.83 million
Auction house: China Guardian
Sale date: 15 November 2015
Seller: Private Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer

Dong Qichang (Chinese: 董其昌; pinyin: Dǒng Qíchāng; Wade–Giles: Tung Ch'i-ch'ang; courtesy name Xuanzai (玄宰); 1555–1636), was a Chinese painter, scholar, calligrapher, and art theorist of the later period of the Ming Dynasty.