WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)

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WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)

Yong River, with Accompanying Narrative

Handscroll in two sections
a. Painting of the Yong River, ink on gold-flecked paper, 10 3/4 x 61½in. (17.5 x 156cm.)
Unsigned, with three seals of the artist: Ting Yan, Wen Zheng Ming, Zheng Zhong
b. The Narrative of the Yong River, running script calligraphy (xing shu), ink on gold-flecked paper, 10 3/4 x 50½in. (17.5 x 128.5cm.) Signed: Wen Zhengming
Dated bing xu, the fifth year of the Jiajing era (1526)
Three seals of the artist: Zheng Zhong, Wei Geng Yin Wu Yi Jiang, Wen Zheng Ming
One colophon by Zhang Yi, dated ding hai, sixth year of the Jiajing era (1527)
Twenty-one collectors' seals, including one of Cheng Zhengyi (17th century), two each of Shen Zengzhi (1850-1922), Shen Cihu (son of Shen Zengzhi), one of Jiang Gusun (20th century)
Frontispiece by the artist