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XI GANG (1746-1803)
PEAR BLOSSOMS
Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
13 x 49.5 cm (5 1/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed by the artist: Hezhusheng
Three seals of the artist: Tie Sheng, Xi Jiu, Gu Chuan
Dated xinhai year (1791)
Dedicated to Yingzhai
One collector's seal of Li Yanshan (1898-1961)
Colophons at the end of the scroll by each of Ou Jimou (1896-1988), Deng Er'ya (1883-1954), Zhang Xiangning (1911-1958), Zhang Guchu (1890-1968), Li Tingqi (19th-20th century), Feng Yinxue (19th-20th century), Zhang baiying (19th-20th century), Liu Sui (19th-20th century), and Guan Zonghan (born 1910)
Frontispiece by Hu Yi (19th-20th century)
Note:
Previously in Li Yanshan's collection
With a fitted wooden box, lid inscribed with the title of the scroll
Literature:
Li Yen-shan: His Paintings, Calligraphy and Poems, Oriental Culture Publishers, Hong Kong, 1974, pp.257-259
PEAR BLOSSOMS
Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
13 x 49.5 cm (5 1/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed by the artist: Hezhusheng
Three seals of the artist: Tie Sheng, Xi Jiu, Gu Chuan
Dated xinhai year (1791)
Dedicated to Yingzhai
One collector's seal of Li Yanshan (1898-1961)
Colophons at the end of the scroll by each of Ou Jimou (1896-1988), Deng Er'ya (1883-1954), Zhang Xiangning (1911-1958), Zhang Guchu (1890-1968), Li Tingqi (19th-20th century), Feng Yinxue (19th-20th century), Zhang baiying (19th-20th century), Liu Sui (19th-20th century), and Guan Zonghan (born 1910)
Frontispiece by Hu Yi (19th-20th century)
Note:
Previously in Li Yanshan's collection
With a fitted wooden box, lid inscribed with the title of the scroll
Literature:
Li Yen-shan: His Paintings, Calligraphy and Poems, Oriental Culture Publishers, Hong Kong, 1974, pp.257-259