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CAI RUNSHI (1616-1698)
PLUM BLOSSOMS
Handscroll, ink on paper
30 x 198 cm (11 x 78 in.)
Inscribed with a poem at the end of the scroll and signed by the artist: Cai Runshi
One seal of the artist: Can Run Shi
Ten collectors' seals, including one of Zhang Tingji (1768-1848), one of Deng Shi (?-1948), and two of Zhou Xiaoxiang (1880-1954)
Colophons at the end of the scroll by each of Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), Wang Wenzhi (1730-1802), Zhang Tingji, and He Weipu (1844-1925)
Frontispiece by Ruan Yuan (1764-1849)
Note:
Cai Runshi was also known as Cai Shirun. She was the wife of Huang Daozhou. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.1368
PLUM BLOSSOMS
Handscroll, ink on paper
30 x 198 cm (11 x 78 in.)
Inscribed with a poem at the end of the scroll and signed by the artist: Cai Runshi
One seal of the artist: Can Run Shi
Ten collectors' seals, including one of Zhang Tingji (1768-1848), one of Deng Shi (?-1948), and two of Zhou Xiaoxiang (1880-1954)
Colophons at the end of the scroll by each of Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), Wang Wenzhi (1730-1802), Zhang Tingji, and He Weipu (1844-1925)
Frontispiece by Ruan Yuan (1764-1849)
Note:
Cai Runshi was also known as Cai Shirun. She was the wife of Huang Daozhou. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.1368