LOT DETAILS

Materials:

ink on paper

Measurements:

37.80 in. (96.00 cm.) (height) by 19.09 in. (48.50 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

Inscribed and signed by the artist, with one seal; Dated fifth month, first year of the Qianxing era (1022); One inscription by Yuwen Gongliang (active 1330-1350), with two seals; Colophons on the mounting by Han Rongguang (1793-1860), one dated mid-spring, guisi year of the Daoguang era (1833), with three seals and the second dated winter of the same year, with three seals; Titleslip by Zhou Chu (Zhou Qishan, Ming dynasty); Thirteen collectors' seals, including two of Zhu Zhichi (c. 1600-1660), one of Gao Shiqi (1645-1704), one of Cai Xiu (17th century), two of Pan Zhengwei (1791-1850), and five of Kong Guangtao (1832-1890)

Condition:

mounted and framed

Literature:

Kong Guangtao, Yuexuelou Shuhualu (A Record of Paintings and Calligraphy in the Yuexuelou Collection), vol. 2, preface dated 1861, p. 19Yishu Congbian (Collected Works on Chinese Art), vol. 2, Shanghai, 1906Osvald Siren, Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles, Annotated List of Paintings, volume 2, New York, 1973, p. 46

Provenance:

Lot 3, 31 May 1990, Important Classical Chinese Paintings, Christie's New York.