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Lot Essay
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Note:
1. Chen Yu was a notive of Jinling. His sobriquet names include Zhongxing and Jingcheng, and he was generally known as Master Jingcheng. He did not serve in the Yuan court but at the start of the Ming dynasty was a government official, assisting the first emperor. He was a literary man who also painted, specialising in landscapes and portraiture, and his subjects included the Hongwu emperor. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.1032
2. For brief biography of Xu Han, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, ibid., p.946
Note:
1. Chen Yu was a notive of Jinling. His sobriquet names include Zhongxing and Jingcheng, and he was generally known as Master Jingcheng. He did not serve in the Yuan court but at the start of the Ming dynasty was a government official, assisting the first emperor. He was a literary man who also painted, specialising in landscapes and portraiture, and his subjects included the Hongwu emperor. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.1032
2. For brief biography of Xu Han, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, ibid., p.946