WANG HUI (1632-1717)

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WANG HUI (1632-1717)

Landscapes in the Styles of Song and Yuan Masters

Eight album leaves, seven leaves ink on paper and one leaf ink and color on paper, each (11½ x 9½in. (29 x 23.5cm.)

a. Willow Village, inscribed by the artist on the opposite leaf and signed: Wunin Shanchongren Wang Hui, with two seals: Wang Hui zhi yin, Shi Gu zi and three collectors' seals, including one seal of Yao Yuanzhi (1773-1852)

b. Water Village, signed: "Wang Hui followed the brushwork of Juran" and dated the twelth month of 1697 with one artist's seal: Shi Gu and two collectors' seals

c. Streams and Mountains, signed: "Painted by Shugu Wang Hui at Chang'an Lodge" with two artist's seals: Shi Gu, Wang Hui zhi yin and three collectors' seal

d. Autumn Trees Studio, inscribed: "By chance I saw a painting of the Autumn Trees Studio by Dong Qichang and followed his idea", with two artist's seals: Wang Hui zhi yin, Shi Gu and two collectors' seals

e. Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan, inscribed and with two artist's seals: Shi Guo, Wang Hui and three collectors' seals

f. Landscape in the Style of Dong Yuan, inscribed and with one artist's seal: Shi Guo and three collectors' seals

g. Winter Trees by the Stream, inscribed with two lines of a Tang poem, painted in the manner of Xiao Zhao with two artist's seals: Wang Hui, Shi Guo and three collectors' seals

h. Landscape in the Style of Jiang Shen, inscribed with a Tang poem, signed: "Wang Hui of Haiyu" and dated the twentieth day of the eighth month of 1697 with two artist's seals: Wang Hui zhi yin, Shi Gu zi and three collectors' seals

Two colophons and two seals, dated the mid-autumn of 1918 by Yan Shiqing (an early 20th century Beijing collector) and three other collectors' seals