QIAN GU (1508-circa 1578)

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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)

Literature
Shao Songnian, Guyuan Cuilu ("The Assembly of Ancient Relationships"), preface dated 1904, vol. 4, pp. 18-21