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Lot Essay
Wu Junqing (1844-1927), better known as Wu Changshuo, is one of the most prominent and influential artists of modern Chinese painting. Wu was a talented and accomplished artist who integrated traditional Chinese painting styles of early masters such as Xu Wei, Chen Daofu, Bada Shanren and Shi Tao, with the art of poetry, calligraphy and seal engraving. His style names were known as Fulu, 'Cottage of the Urn', and Laofu, 'The old urn'. These names were a reference to an ancient excavated urn which was given to the artist by his friend Jin Fujiang. Although the urn was primitive and without design or inscription, Wu Changshuo was so impressed with the object that he wrote a poem in its praise.
As indicated by the long inscription, which was incised when the artist was over 80 years old, the text expounds on the painting of bamboo by Qu Yingshao, a well-known Yixing potter (1780-1849), after those of Jin Nong (1687-1763), one of eight great masters known as the 'Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou'.
As indicated by the long inscription, which was incised when the artist was over 80 years old, the text expounds on the painting of bamboo by Qu Yingshao, a well-known Yixing potter (1780-1849), after those of Jin Nong (1687-1763), one of eight great masters known as the 'Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou'.