LOT DETAILS

Materials:

ink and color on silk, handscroll

Measurements:

13.19 in. (33.50 cm.) (height) by 468.50 in. (1,190.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Qiantang Dai Jin, with two seals of the artist, wen jin zhi yin, and one other (illegible). Frontispiece and colophon by Zhou Tianqiu (1514-1595), signed Zhou Tianqiu, and Wuxia Zhou Tianqiu, with four seals, zhou shi gong xia, zhi yuan ju shi, qun yu shan ren, zhou shi gong xia. With two seals of the collector Li Jian (1747-1799), li jian jian gu, er qiao shan ren; three seals of the collector He Guanwu (active early 20th century), guan wu qing shang, li pu xin shang, tian xi shu wu jian cang; and three other collectors' seals, lu jiang, zi sun bao zhi, gu chu zi

Literature:

Mu-Fei Ts'ang Hua K'ao P'ing: A Study of Ming and Ch'ing Paintings in the Mu-Fei Collection, Ch'eng Hsi and Cheng Te-k'un, Hong Kong, 1965

Provenance:

Sotheby's London, The Mu-Fei Collection of Chinese Paintings, November 7, 2007, Lot 112