YANG JIN (1644-1728)

PORTRAIT OF ZHANG YINIANG

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YANG JIN (1644-1728)
Portrait of Zhang Yiniang
Handscroll, ink and color on silk
One hundred and seventy colophons, including ones by Jiang Shen (1668-1737), Song Yaozhou (late Qing dynasty), Wang Shihong (1658-1723), Jiang Baojie (1647-1709), Sun Yi (late Qing dynasty), Zhang Dashou (1660-1723), Xu Baoguang (1671-1723), Chen Bangyan (1678-1752), Hui Shiqi (1671-1741), Jiang Tingxi (1669-1732), Yan Yuchun (1650-1713), Jiang Gongfei (1690-1754), Shen Deqian (1673-1769), Yuan Mei (1716-1797), Hong Liangji (1746-1809), and Xu Hanqing (1883-?), with a total of forty-six seals
Frontispiece by Wang Shihong (1658-1723), with five seals
Titleslip by Wang Mingsheng (1722-1797), dated jimao year of the Qianlong period (1759) and with one seal
Unmounted colophon by Xu Hanqing (1882-1961)
Thirteen collectors' seals
12¼ x 46 5/8 in. (31 x 116 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The portrait depicts the famous 17th-century courtesan Zhang Yi'niang. The colophons that surround the picture are poems composed by famous scholars of the early Qing dynasty. The combination implies a close companionship between these literati poets and the courtesan.

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