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BADA SHANREN (ZHU DA, 1626-1705)
NARCISSUS AND ROCK, POEM IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
A pair of album leaves mounted as a hanging scroll, ink or ink and light colours on paper
Each measures 30 x 30 cm (11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Top leaf with a poem written in running script calligraphy, signed: Bada Shanren
One seal of the artist: He Yuan
Dated jimao year (1699)
Painting of Narcissus and Rock, signed: Bada Shanren
One seal of the artist: He De Shen Xian
NARCISSUS AND ROCK, POEM IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
A pair of album leaves mounted as a hanging scroll, ink or ink and light colours on paper
Each measures 30 x 30 cm (11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Top leaf with a poem written in running script calligraphy, signed: Bada Shanren
One seal of the artist: He Yuan
Dated jimao year (1699)
Painting of Narcissus and Rock, signed: Bada Shanren
One seal of the artist: He De Shen Xian
Literature
1. Wang Fangyu, Bada Shanren Lunji (Essays on Bada Shanren), Taiwan, 1985, pp.303, 403
2. Hu Guanghua, Ming Qing Zhongguo hua Dashi Congshu - Bada Shanren (Chinese Master Painters: Bada Shanren), Jilin Meishu Chubanshe, 1996, p.24
3. Xu Bangda, Gaiding Lidai Liuchuan Huihua Biannian biao (Revised Chronology of Paintings Throughout the Ages), Beijing Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1995, p.173
4. Shaolin Rongju ( ), Bada Shanren Zhenji (Authentic Paintings by Bada Shanren), Japan, vol.1. Described as "Flower and Fruit Album with Corresponding Calligraphy. Previously in the collection of Tang Jisheng."
5. Wang Zidou ed., Bada Shanren Shuhua ji (The Paintings and Calligraphy of Bada Shanren), Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1983, vol. 1, pp.163-164