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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
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