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MI FU (1051-1107, ATTRIBUTED TO)
TWO POEMS IN RUNNING CURSIVE SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY (WRITTEN WHILE DRUNK)
Handscroll, ink on paper
33.5 x 63.5 cm (13 1/4 x 25 in.) CONFIRM
The scroll comprises two poems, the first called Xiajing Ming, and the second Buxia Nanshan.
Signed: Xiangyang Mi Fu zuishu (Written by Mi Fu of Xiangyang while drunk)
One seal of the artist: Mi Fu
Twenty-three collecors' seals, including:
Chu Huan (14th century): Chu Huan Jian Ding Zhen Ji;
Feng Quan (1595-1672): [Kuai Xue Tang] Tu Shu Yin (half seal);
Yun Li (Prince Guo, ? - 1738): Guo Qin Wang Fu Tu Shu Ji;
Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795): Qian Long Yu Lan Zhi Bao, Shi Qu Bao Ji, San Xi Tang Jing Jian Xi, Yi Zi Sun, Qian Long Jian Shang, Yu Shu Fang Jian Cang Bao, Shi Qu Ding Jian, Bao Ji Chong Bian (complete set of eight seals);
Emperor Jiaqing (1776-1820): Jia Qing Yu Lan Zhi Bao;
Emperor Xuantong (r. 1909-1911): Xuan Tong Yu Lan Zhi Bao;
Wang Shijie (1892-1981): Xue Ting Wang Shi Jie Shi Wei Yi Lin Shou Zhi; and:
[illegible] Zhen Cang (half seal); [illegible] Feng (half seal); Yi Yuan Yi Zhen; Wu Xing; Tang Li; Wu Kang Feng Shang Shi Ke Zhi Jia Yin; Huang Shi Jia Cang; Zeng Cang [illegible] (half seal); Fu Ju
With a colophon on a separate sheet of paper at the end of the scroll by an anonymous writer, dated in the first year of the Jingding era (1260), written at the Shanya Tang, with one seal: You Li Fu
Six collectors' seals:
Feng Quan: Kuai Xue Tang [Tu Shu Yin] (half seal);
Yun Li: Guo Qin Wang Fu [Tu Shu Ji] (half seal);
Wang Shijie: Xue Ting Kao Cang, Dong Hu Chang (on seam); and
[illegible] Zhen Cang (half seal); Zhang Ying [illegible] (half seal)
A colophon by Zhang Zhao (1691-1745), dated eleventh month, first year of the Qianlong era (1736), signed: Zhang Zhao, and with two seals
In original Qing Imperial mounting, with a jade toggle carved with the characters: Qianlong Yushang. Mi Fu Shu jueju shi. ([For] Emperor Qianlong's Imperial Appreciation. Poems written by Mi Fu)
TWO POEMS IN RUNNING CURSIVE SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY (WRITTEN WHILE DRUNK)
Handscroll, ink on paper
33.5 x 63.5 cm (13 1/4 x 25 in.) CONFIRM
The scroll comprises two poems, the first called Xiajing Ming, and the second Buxia Nanshan.
Signed: Xiangyang Mi Fu zuishu (Written by Mi Fu of Xiangyang while drunk)
One seal of the artist: Mi Fu
Twenty-three collecors' seals, including:
Chu Huan (14th century): Chu Huan Jian Ding Zhen Ji;
Feng Quan (1595-1672): [Kuai Xue Tang] Tu Shu Yin (half seal);
Yun Li (Prince Guo, ? - 1738): Guo Qin Wang Fu Tu Shu Ji;
Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795): Qian Long Yu Lan Zhi Bao, Shi Qu Bao Ji, San Xi Tang Jing Jian Xi, Yi Zi Sun, Qian Long Jian Shang, Yu Shu Fang Jian Cang Bao, Shi Qu Ding Jian, Bao Ji Chong Bian (complete set of eight seals);
Emperor Jiaqing (1776-1820): Jia Qing Yu Lan Zhi Bao;
Emperor Xuantong (r. 1909-1911): Xuan Tong Yu Lan Zhi Bao;
Wang Shijie (1892-1981): Xue Ting Wang Shi Jie Shi Wei Yi Lin Shou Zhi; and:
[illegible] Zhen Cang (half seal); [illegible] Feng (half seal); Yi Yuan Yi Zhen; Wu Xing; Tang Li; Wu Kang Feng Shang Shi Ke Zhi Jia Yin; Huang Shi Jia Cang; Zeng Cang [illegible] (half seal); Fu Ju
With a colophon on a separate sheet of paper at the end of the scroll by an anonymous writer, dated in the first year of the Jingding era (1260), written at the Shanya Tang, with one seal: You Li Fu
Six collectors' seals:
Feng Quan: Kuai Xue Tang [Tu Shu Yin] (half seal);
Yun Li: Guo Qin Wang Fu [Tu Shu Ji] (half seal);
Wang Shijie: Xue Ting Kao Cang, Dong Hu Chang (on seam); and
[illegible] Zhen Cang (half seal); Zhang Ying [illegible] (half seal)
A colophon by Zhang Zhao (1691-1745), dated eleventh month, first year of the Qianlong era (1736), signed: Zhang Zhao, and with two seals
In original Qing Imperial mounting, with a jade toggle carved with the characters: Qianlong Yushang. Mi Fu Shu jueju shi. ([For] Emperor Qianlong's Imperial Appreciation. Poems written by Mi Fu)
Literature
1. Sun Feng, Sun shi Shuhua chao (Paintings and Calligraphy in the Sun's collection), in Zhongguo Shuhua Quanshu, Shanghai Shuhua Chubanshe, vol.3, 1992, pp.879-880
2. Zhang Chou, Qinghe Shuhua Fang (Paintings and Calligraphy in the Qinhe boat), dien zi hao di jiu (character Dian, no.9), in Zhongguo Shuhua Quanshu, Shangahi Shuhau Chubanshe, vol. 4, 1992, p.309
3. Bien Yongyu, Xigutang Shuhua Huikao (Analysis and Catalogue of the Paintings and Calligraphy in the Xigu Hall), in Zhongguo Shuhua Quanshu, Shanghai Shuhau Chubanshe, vol.6, 1994, pp.312-313
4. Shiqu Baoji Xubian, juan (chapter) 36, in Midian Zhulin Shiqu Baoji Hebian, Shanghai Bookstore, 1998, vol.5, p.1924
5. Xu Bangda, Chongding Gugong Jiucang Shuhua lu (Re-dating Paintings and Calligraphy previously in the Qing Imperial collection), Renming Meishu Chubanshe, 1997, p.5
6. Mi Fu Moji Daguan (Mi Fu's Calligraphy), Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1989, p.117
Note:
For brief biography of:
1. Chu Huan, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.1375
2. Feng Quan, see Zhongguo Lidai Renming Dacidian, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1999, p. 464
3. Yun Li, see Zhongguo Lidai Renming Dacidian, ibid., p. 1761
4. Wang Shijie, see Zhongguo Jinxiandai Renwu Minghao Dacidian, Zhejiang Guji Chubanshe, 1993, p.30