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WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
POEMS IN RUNNING CURSIVE SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Handscroll, ink on gold-flecked paper
34.7 x 548.9 cm (13 3/4 x 216 1/8 in.)
This handscroll comprises poems composed by the artist, and written in running cursive script calligraphy
Inscribed by the artist and signed: Zhengming
Four seals of the artist: Wu Yan Shi Yin, Ting Yun, Wen Zheng Ming Yin, Wei Geng Yin Wu Yi Jiang
Dated wushen, twenty-seventh year of the Jiajing era (1548)
Six collectors' selas, including:
Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795): Qian Long Yu Lang Zhi Bao, Shi Qu Bao Ji, Yu Shu Fang Jian Cang Bao;
Emperor Jiaqing (r.1796-1820): Jia Qing Yu Lan Zhi Bao;
Emperor Xuantong (r. 1909-1911): Xuan Tong Yu Lan Zhi Bao; and
Li Boshou (20th century): Ban Qiao Lin Bo Shou Ji Cheng Ding Jing Tang Zhen Cang Shu Hua Yin
Colophon at the end of the scroll by Qin Qianyi (1582-1664), signed and dated wuzi year (1648), with three seals
POEMS IN RUNNING CURSIVE SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Handscroll, ink on gold-flecked paper
34.7 x 548.9 cm (13 3/4 x 216 1/8 in.)
This handscroll comprises poems composed by the artist, and written in running cursive script calligraphy
Inscribed by the artist and signed: Zhengming
Four seals of the artist: Wu Yan Shi Yin, Ting Yun, Wen Zheng Ming Yin, Wei Geng Yin Wu Yi Jiang
Dated wushen, twenty-seventh year of the Jiajing era (1548)
Six collectors' selas, including:
Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795): Qian Long Yu Lang Zhi Bao, Shi Qu Bao Ji, Yu Shu Fang Jian Cang Bao;
Emperor Jiaqing (r.1796-1820): Jia Qing Yu Lan Zhi Bao;
Emperor Xuantong (r. 1909-1911): Xuan Tong Yu Lan Zhi Bao; and
Li Boshou (20th century): Ban Qiao Lin Bo Shou Ji Cheng Ding Jing Tang Zhen Cang Shu Hua Yin
Colophon at the end of the scroll by Qin Qianyi (1582-1664), signed and dated wuzi year (1648), with three seals
Literature
1. Shiqu Baoji, reprinted in Midian Zhulin Shiqu Baoji Hebian, Shanghai Bookstore, 1988, Vol.2, p.928
2. Zhou Daozhen, Wen Zhengming Shuhau Jianbiao (A Chronology of Wen Zhengming's Paintings and Calligraphy), Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1985, p.116