Details
QIAN GU (1508-circa 1578)
Farewell Party for a Friend
Handscroll, ink and color on paper, 10¼ x 25½in. (26 x 65cm.
Signed: "Painted by Qian Gu of Changzhou"
Dated leap month of yisi year (1545)
One seal of the artist: Qian Shi Shu Bao
Thirteen collectors' seals, including two of Qian Yong (1759-1844) and nine of Shao Songnian (1848-1923)
Preface inscribed by Ni Yong and poems by contemporary artists, including Wen Peng (1498-1572), Qian Gu, Gu Yanfu, Ni Yong, Ni Guan, Zhou Tianqiu (1514-1595), Wu Zhao, Wang Yan, Shi Yide, Zhou Menggui and Qin Cai, following the painting
Three colophons, one by Qian Yong and two by Shao Songnian
Frontispiece by Gu Kejin (1485-1561)
Farewell Party for a Friend
Handscroll, ink and color on paper, 10¼ x 25½in. (26 x 65cm.
Signed: "Painted by Qian Gu of Changzhou"
Dated leap month of yisi year (1545)
One seal of the artist: Qian Shi Shu Bao
Thirteen collectors' seals, including two of Qian Yong (1759-1844) and nine of Shao Songnian (1848-1923)
Preface inscribed by Ni Yong and poems by contemporary artists, including Wen Peng (1498-1572), Qian Gu, Gu Yanfu, Ni Yong, Ni Guan, Zhou Tianqiu (1514-1595), Wu Zhao, Wang Yan, Shi Yide, Zhou Menggui and Qin Cai, following the painting
Three colophons, one by Qian Yong and two by Shao Songnian
Frontispiece by Gu Kejin (1485-1561)
Literature
Shao Songnian, Guyuan Cuilu ("The Assembly of Ancient Relationships"), preface dated 1904, vol. 4, pp. 18-21