LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Handscroll, ink on paper

Measurements:

10.83 in. (27.50 cm.) (height) by 175.59 in. (446.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Nineteen colophons by 14th-15th century authors, including one by Chen Yong, dated 1358 and stating that the painting was made by Yan Hui and was owned and mounted by Chen Yong's father; a signed poem by Jin Chuan, with five seals; a signed poem by Jie Wen; and colophons by Huang Yuanji, with three

Literature:

PUBLISHED: Zhang Heng, ed., Notes on Appreciating Paintings and Calligraphy of the Mu Yan Studio, Paintings II, Wenwu Publication House, 2000, pp.271-286 LITERATURE: Zhang Heng, ed., The Yunhui Zhai Collection: Famous Chinese paintings since the Tang and Song Dynasties, pp. 14-27. Siren, Osvald, Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles, London, 1956-58, vol VII, p. 144. Zhongguo gudai huihua xuanji (A Selection of Classical Chinese Paintings), Beijing, 1963, p. 56. Cahill, James, An Index of Early Chinese Painters and Paintings: Tang, Sung, Yuan, Berkeley, 1980, p. 359. Stephen Little, "The Demon Queller and the Art of Qiu Ying," Artibus Asiae, vol. XLVI 1-2, pp. 33-35.