Details
ZHOU XIANJI (1636-after 1700)
Flowers
Album of ten leaves, ink and color on paper, each leaf measures 10 3/4 x 9 7/8in. (27.5 x 25cm.)
a) Bamboo and Rock, b) Peach Blossom and Willows, c) Butterflies, d) Chrysanthemums, e) Narcissus, f) Plum Blossoms and Sparrows, g) Green Peaches, h) Peony, i) Pear Blossoms
Each leaf inscribed and with one seal of the artist, ten seals altogether: Li Mei (twice), Li Mei Shi (five times), Zhou Li Mei Shu Hua Ji (twice) and Li Mei Tu Shu
The final leaf signed: Zhou Xianji of Xishan painted while travelling in Yantai (Beijing) Dated the twelfth month of wu shen year of the Kangxi era (1668)
Two colophons, including one of by the artist, dated ji you year of the Kangxi era (1669), dedicated to Old Master Gong (Gong Dingzhi, 1615-1673)
Thirteen collectors' seals, including eleven of Sun Duoxian (19th century)
Label by Peng Yuling (1816-1890)
Flowers
Album of ten leaves, ink and color on paper, each leaf measures 10 3/4 x 9 7/8in. (27.5 x 25cm.)
a) Bamboo and Rock, b) Peach Blossom and Willows, c) Butterflies, d) Chrysanthemums, e) Narcissus, f) Plum Blossoms and Sparrows, g) Green Peaches, h) Peony, i) Pear Blossoms
Each leaf inscribed and with one seal of the artist, ten seals altogether: Li Mei (twice), Li Mei Shi (five times), Zhou Li Mei Shu Hua Ji (twice) and Li Mei Tu Shu
The final leaf signed: Zhou Xianji of Xishan painted while travelling in Yantai (Beijing) Dated the twelfth month of wu shen year of the Kangxi era (1668)
Two colophons, including one of by the artist, dated ji you year of the Kangxi era (1669), dedicated to Old Master Gong (Gong Dingzhi, 1615-1673)
Thirteen collectors' seals, including eleven of Sun Duoxian (19th century)
Label by Peng Yuling (1816-1890)
Literature
Literature:
Suzuki Kei, ed, Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Paintings in Foreign Collections, Vol. I: America and Canada (Far East Culture Research Institute, Tokyo University, 1983), p. 122, no. A53-032
Suzuki Kei, ed, Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Paintings in Foreign Collections, Vol. I: America and Canada (Far East Culture Research Institute, Tokyo University, 1983), p. 122, no. A53-032