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(US$153,800-192,300)
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YUN SHOUPING (1633-1690)
HUNDRED FLOWERS AFTER XU CHONGSI (LATE 10TH CENTURY)
Handscroll, ink and color on silk
33 x 803 cm. (13 x 316 1/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed: Yun Shou Ping Ni Xu Chong Si Fa (Yun Shouping painted in the style of Xu Chongsi)
One seal of the artist: Shou Ping
Dated spring of bingwu year of the Kangxi era (1666)
Thirteen colophons, including one each of Weng Fanggang (1733-1818), Li Zonghan (19th century), Pu Ru (1896-1963), and Xu Zonghao (1880-1957)
Frontispiece by Yuan Lizhun (?-1930?)
Twenty-seven collectors' seals, including three of Gui Heng (early 19th century), five of Ye Menglong (1771-1832), thirteen of Wanyan
Jingxian (19th century), one each of Wu Rongguang (1773-1843), Weng Fanggang (1733-1818), Weng Tonghe (1830-1904), Yi Bingshou (1754-1815), and Li Zuoxian (1807-1876)
Inner label by Ye Menglong
Label by Yuan Tiangeng (19th century)
HUNDRED FLOWERS AFTER XU CHONGSI (LATE 10TH CENTURY)
Handscroll, ink and color on silk
33 x 803 cm. (13 x 316 1/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed: Yun Shou Ping Ni Xu Chong Si Fa (Yun Shouping painted in the style of Xu Chongsi)
One seal of the artist: Shou Ping
Dated spring of bingwu year of the Kangxi era (1666)
Thirteen colophons, including one each of Weng Fanggang (1733-1818), Li Zonghan (19th century), Pu Ru (1896-1963), and Xu Zonghao (1880-1957)
Frontispiece by Yuan Lizhun (?-1930?)
Twenty-seven collectors' seals, including three of Gui Heng (early 19th century), five of Ye Menglong (1771-1832), thirteen of Wanyan
Jingxian (19th century), one each of Wu Rongguang (1773-1843), Weng Fanggang (1733-1818), Weng Tonghe (1830-1904), Yi Bingshou (1754-1815), and Li Zuoxian (1807-1876)
Inner label by Ye Menglong
Label by Yuan Tiangeng (19th century)
Literature
So Gen Ming Sing Mei-ga-tai-ken, p.266, Tokyo, Japan, 1931
The Pageant of Chinese Painting, The Otsuka-Kogeisha, Tokyo, Japan, 1936, p.785
The Pageant of Chinese Painting, The Otsuka-Kogeisha, Tokyo, Japan, 1936, p.785
Exhibited
So Gen Ming Sing Mei-ga-tai-ken, Osaka Fumtsu Boeiki-kan, May, 1936