LOT DETAILS

Materials:

ink and color on paper

Measurements:

49.61 in. (126.00 cm.) (height) by 19.29 in. (49.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist; Dated spring, jiachen year (1604); Three collectors' seals; Three colophons on the mounting, one by Cao Renbo and two by Wang Wenzhi (1750-1802), with a total of six seals; Titleslip by Wang Wenzhi

Exhibited:

Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, Deities, Emperors, Ladies, and Literati, 11 April-15 June, 1987

Literature:

Alice R. M. Hyland, Deities, Emperors, Ladies, and Literati: Figure Painting of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, 1987, pp. 48-49, 84

Provenance:

Lot 28 and cover page, 3 June 1986, Fine Chinese Paintings, Sotheby's New York