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DENG WENYUAN (1258-1328)
"GARDEN IN SECLUSION" IN LARGE STANDARD SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Handscroll, ink on paper
34 x 206 cm. (13 3/8 x 81 in.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated the sixteenth day and the third month of the fifth year of the Yanyou era (1318)
Fourty-three collectors' seals, including fifteen of Xiang Yuanbian (1525-1590), three of Emperor Qianlong (reigned 1736-1796), five of An Qi (1683-after 1742), one of Hong Wu (18th century), sixteen of Bian Yongyu (1645-1712), and two of Lin Xiongguang (20th century)
"GARDEN IN SECLUSION" IN LARGE STANDARD SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Handscroll, ink on paper
34 x 206 cm. (13 3/8 x 81 in.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated the sixteenth day and the third month of the fifth year of the Yanyou era (1318)
Fourty-three collectors' seals, including fifteen of Xiang Yuanbian (1525-1590), three of Emperor Qianlong (reigned 1736-1796), five of An Qi (1683-after 1742), one of Hong Wu (18th century), sixteen of Bian Yongyu (1645-1712), and two of Lin Xiongguang (20th century)
Literature
An Qi (1683-after 1742), Mo Yuan Hui Guan (Ink remains, examined and classified [descriptive catalogue of An Qi's collection]). Preface dated 1724, reprinted in Jiansu Mei Su Chu Ban Shi, 1992; p. 96
Yamamoto Teijiro, Chukaido Shugamokuru, Tokyo, Japan, 1931, vol. 2, p. 37-38
Yamamoto Teijiro, Chukaido Shugamokuru, Tokyo, Japan, 1931, vol. 2, p. 37-38