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DAI CANG (17TH CENTURY), WANG WU (1632-1690), AND MEI QING (1623-1697)
SONG CAO CULTIVATING HIS GARDEN
Handscroll, ink and color on paper
30.5 x 98 cm. (12 x 38 1/2 in.)
Portrait of Song Cao (17th century) by Dai Cang
One seal of the artist: Xi Ling Dai Cang Xia Mei Zhi Tu Shu
Landscape by Wang Wu (1632-1690), inscribed with a poem and signed: Zhen Ze Wang Wu
One seal of Wang Wu: Wang Wu Si Yin
Dated summer of bingchen year (1676) A pine branch painted by Mei Qing, inscribed with a poem and signed:
Qu Shan Di Mei Qing
Two seals of Mei Qing: Qu Shan, Chen Qing
Frontispiece by Wang Shimin (1592-1680)
Twenty one colophons, all Song Cao's contemporaries and friends, including one each by Gui Zhuang (1613-1673), Mao Xiang (1611-1673), and Mei Qing (1623-1697)
Four collectors' seals
SONG CAO CULTIVATING HIS GARDEN
Handscroll, ink and color on paper
30.5 x 98 cm. (12 x 38 1/2 in.)
Portrait of Song Cao (17th century) by Dai Cang
One seal of the artist: Xi Ling Dai Cang Xia Mei Zhi Tu Shu
Landscape by Wang Wu (1632-1690), inscribed with a poem and signed: Zhen Ze Wang Wu
One seal of Wang Wu: Wang Wu Si Yin
Dated summer of bingchen year (1676) A pine branch painted by Mei Qing, inscribed with a poem and signed:
Qu Shan Di Mei Qing
Two seals of Mei Qing: Qu Shan, Chen Qing
Frontispiece by Wang Shimin (1592-1680)
Twenty one colophons, all Song Cao's contemporaries and friends, including one each by Gui Zhuang (1613-1673), Mao Xiang (1611-1673), and Mei Qing (1623-1697)
Four collectors' seals