Lot Essay
The original painting by Zhou Fang is in the collection of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Missouri
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GU DACHANG (Lingjia shanmin, 1813-after 1880)
Palace Ladies Tuning the Lute, after Zhou Fang (circa 730-800)
Handscroll, ink and color on paper, 11 x 37½in. (28 x 95cm.)
Entitled and with two inscriptions. The first reads:
"He copied this after his illnesss in yi si year (1845) and gave it to He Pingshan. Pingshan then gave it to Jiang Jieqing (Jiang Que, 1838-1879)."
Dated yi chou year (1865) and signed: Lingjia shanmin
The second states:
"The original painting by Zhou Fang was collected by my teacher Liu Yanchong (1809-1847)"
Signed: Min
One seal of the artist: Ao Ran
Fourteen colophons, including three of the artist, and one each of Qi Xueqin (1803-after 1871), Pan Zunqi (1808-1892), Liu Yanchong, Jiang Ti, Jiang Cheng, Pan Zhongrui, Liu Lufen (all 19th century)
Thirty-three collectors' seals, including eleven of Liu Yanchong, two of Peng Yunzhang, and four each of Shen Zuo and Gu Zenshou (both 19th century).
Frontispiece by Pan Zhongrui
Palace Ladies Tuning the Lute, after Zhou Fang (circa 730-800)
Handscroll, ink and color on paper, 11 x 37½in. (28 x 95cm.)
Entitled and with two inscriptions. The first reads:
"He copied this after his illnesss in yi si year (1845) and gave it to He Pingshan. Pingshan then gave it to Jiang Jieqing (Jiang Que, 1838-1879)."
Dated yi chou year (1865) and signed: Lingjia shanmin
The second states:
"The original painting by Zhou Fang was collected by my teacher Liu Yanchong (1809-1847)"
Signed: Min
One seal of the artist: Ao Ran
Fourteen colophons, including three of the artist, and one each of Qi Xueqin (1803-after 1871), Pan Zunqi (1808-1892), Liu Yanchong, Jiang Ti, Jiang Cheng, Pan Zhongrui, Liu Lufen (all 19th century)
Thirty-three collectors' seals, including eleven of Liu Yanchong, two of Peng Yunzhang, and four each of Shen Zuo and Gu Zenshou (both 19th century).
Frontispiece by Pan Zhongrui