Reading in the Autumn Mountains

Details

TANG YIN (1470-1523)
Reading in the Autumn Mountains
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
59 x 39.5 cm. (23 ¼ x 15 ½ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated Zhengde reign, dingmao year (1507)
Colophon inscribed by Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799, reigned 1736-1796), with two seals
Eight collector’s seals: five of Emperor Qianlong and two of Wen Zhengming (1470-1559)
Further inscribed on the mounting by Zhu Deyi (1871-1942), Huang Binhong (1865-1955) and Ye Gongchuo (1881-1968)
Frontispieces inscribed by Emperor Qianlong and Luo Zhenyu (1866-1940)

NOTE: The poem inscribed by Qianlong emperor is recorded in Volume 2 of the Imperially Composed Poems in the Siku Quanshu Chizao Hall edition, volume 57, page 11.

Provenance

Emperor Qianlong Imperial Collection;
Collection of Cheng Songqing (?-1918);
Collection of Zhao Fuchen (19th-20th Century).

Literature

Shenzhou Daguan Vol 13, Shenzhou Guoguangshe, March 1918, no pagination.

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