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ZHOU TIANQIU (1574-1595)
Orchids and Cursive Script Calligraphy (cao shu)
Handscroll in two sections, ink on paper, painting section measures 12 x 192½in. (30.5 x 489cm.), calligraphy section measures 10½ x 80in. (26.5 203cm.)
a) Orchids
Inscribed with a poem and signed: Zhou Tianqiu
Dated autumn of geng chen year (1580)
Three seals of the artist: Liu Zhi Ju Shi, Zhou Shi Gong Xia, Yi Lu
b) Calligraphy
Signed: Liuzhi jushi Zhou Tianqiu
Dated an autumn day of xin si year of the Wanli era (1581)
Two seals of the artist: Zhou Zhi Gong Xia, Qun Yu Shan Qiao
Thirty-one collectors' seals, including four of Shen Zengzhi (1850-1922), two of Yao Yuqin (1867-1961), and one of Wang Jiqian (C.C. Wang, born 1907)
Frontispiece by the artist
One colophon by Shen Zengzhi
Orchids and Cursive Script Calligraphy (cao shu)
Handscroll in two sections, ink on paper, painting section measures 12 x 192½in. (30.5 x 489cm.), calligraphy section measures 10½ x 80in. (26.5 203cm.)
a) Orchids
Inscribed with a poem and signed: Zhou Tianqiu
Dated autumn of geng chen year (1580)
Three seals of the artist: Liu Zhi Ju Shi, Zhou Shi Gong Xia, Yi Lu
b) Calligraphy
Signed: Liuzhi jushi Zhou Tianqiu
Dated an autumn day of xin si year of the Wanli era (1581)
Two seals of the artist: Zhou Zhi Gong Xia, Qun Yu Shan Qiao
Thirty-one collectors' seals, including four of Shen Zengzhi (1850-1922), two of Yao Yuqin (1867-1961), and one of Wang Jiqian (C.C. Wang, born 1907)
Frontispiece by the artist
One colophon by Shen Zengzhi