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GU ZUNTAO (17TH CENTURY), SHANG RUI (1634-CIRCA 1724), AND MAO XIANG (1611-1693)
MAO XIANG COMPOSING POETRY IN HIS SHUIHUI GARDEN, WITH ACCOMPANYING CALLIGRAPHY
Painting and calligraphy mounted as a handscroll
a. Mao Xiang Composing Poetry in His Shuihui Garden
Ink and color on silk
33 x 131.5 cm. (13 x 51 3/4 in.)
Portrait of Mao Xiang by Gu Zuntao and landscape by Shang Rui
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of Shang Rui
One colophon by Cui Hua (1632-1693) with one seal
b. Poems in Running-Cursive Script Calligraphy
Ink on paper
29.3 x 256.3 cm. (11 1/2 x 101 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated mid-winter of renzi year (1672)
Two collectors' seals of Li Hongqiu (20th century)
MAO XIANG COMPOSING POETRY IN HIS SHUIHUI GARDEN, WITH ACCOMPANYING CALLIGRAPHY
Painting and calligraphy mounted as a handscroll
a. Mao Xiang Composing Poetry in His Shuihui Garden
Ink and color on silk
33 x 131.5 cm. (13 x 51 3/4 in.)
Portrait of Mao Xiang by Gu Zuntao and landscape by Shang Rui
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of Shang Rui
One colophon by Cui Hua (1632-1693) with one seal
b. Poems in Running-Cursive Script Calligraphy
Ink on paper
29.3 x 256.3 cm. (11 1/2 x 101 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated mid-winter of renzi year (1672)
Two collectors' seals of Li Hongqiu (20th century)
Literature
Li Hongqiu (20th c.), Jian Hua Lou Shu Hua Lu, vol.1 p.50