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WANG YUANQI (1642-1715)

LANDSCAPE AFTER HUANG GONGWANG

Hanging scroll, ink and light colours on paper
82 x 42 cm. (32 1/4 x 16 1/2 in.)
Inscribed and signed: Lutai Qi, with three seals of the artist: Wang Yuan Qi Yin, Lu Tai, Xi Lu Hou Ren
Dated tenth month, xinsi year in the Kangxi era (1701)
Three collectors' seals, including:
Han Rongguang (19th century): Zhu Chuan Shen Ding;
Ye Mengcao (18th-19th century): Ye Zhe Tian Zhen Shang Zhang; and
Lu Dong Yan Zhai Zhen Cang
Inscription on the painting by Shen Zongjing (1669-1735), with two seals
Inscriptions on the mounting by each of the following:
1. Yi Bingshou (1754-1815), signed and dated thrid month, wuwu, third year in the Jiaqing era (1798), with one seal
2. Chen Xizu (1765-1820): Signed and dated first month, jiwei year (1799), with two seals
3. Chen Songqing (18th-19th century), signed and dated tenth month, jisi year in the Jiaqing era (1809), with one seal
4. Han Rongguang (19th century), signed and dated jisi year (1809, with two seals

Note:
1. Mister yungu mentioned in the colophons is Ye Menglong (1775-1832). for brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.1221.
2. Ye Mengcao was first cousin to Ye Menglong. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Ibid., p.1221
3. For brief biographies of Shen Zongjing, Chen Xizu, and Chen Songqing, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, ibid., pp.423, 1001, and 1029 respectively.

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