Lot Essay
This lot includes a box labeled by Naito Torajiro (circa early 20th century) with one colophone dated 1919 inside the box by Nakano Ko (20th century).
Details
DONG QICHANG (1555-1636)
Landscape
Hanging scroll, ink on paper, 221 x 99cm. (87 x 39in.)
Inscribed twice by the artist
The first inscription is dated the middle of autumn, bingchen year (1616), with a poem by the artist:
To grind a well of ink
To roll out ten feet of ze-li paper
Combining this to paint the Five Sacred Mountain Peaks
Resulting in a powerful image like that of a dignified man
Second inscription: In jiwei year (1619), I looked at this painting again and added more wash and brushwork.
Signed: Xuan-zai
Two seals of the artist: Dong Qichang Yin and Tai-shi Shi
Seven collectors' seals
One colophone on a piece of brocade dated 1918 by Lo Zhen Yu (1866-1940)
Landscape
Hanging scroll, ink on paper, 221 x 99cm. (87 x 39in.)
Inscribed twice by the artist
The first inscription is dated the middle of autumn, bingchen year (1616), with a poem by the artist:
To grind a well of ink
To roll out ten feet of ze-li paper
Combining this to paint the Five Sacred Mountain Peaks
Resulting in a powerful image like that of a dignified man
Second inscription: In jiwei year (1619), I looked at this painting again and added more wash and brushwork.
Signed: Xuan-zai
Two seals of the artist: Dong Qichang Yin and Tai-shi Shi
Seven collectors' seals
One colophone on a piece of brocade dated 1918 by Lo Zhen Yu (1866-1940)
Literature
Saito Etsuzo, Toan-zo Shogafu (Paintings and Calligraphy in the Saito Etsuzo Collection). Torajio Naito, Osaka, 1928, No. 30
To-so-gen-min Meiga Taikan (Exhibition of the Painting Masterpieces from the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties), Tokyo, 1929, p.356
To-so-gen-min Meiga Taikan (Exhibition of the Painting Masterpieces from the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties), Tokyo, 1929, p.356