Details
WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
Boating by the Red Cliff
Handscroll, ink and color on paper, 9½ x 53½in. (24 x 136cm.)
Signed: painted by Zhengming
Dated an autumn day of xin hai year (1551)
One seal of the artist: Wen Zheng Ming Yin
Six collectors' seals: including five of the Qianlong, Jiaqing and Xuantong emperors
Frontispiece by the artist: Chi Bi Tu Fu (Painting of the Red Cliff), signed: Zhengming, with three seals
A colophon reads: "Latter Ode of the Red Cliff" by Dong Qichang (1555-1636), signed: Qichang, with one seal, dated an autumn day of gui hai year (1623)
Boating by the Red Cliff
Handscroll, ink and color on paper, 9½ x 53½in. (24 x 136cm.)
Signed: painted by Zhengming
Dated an autumn day of xin hai year (1551)
One seal of the artist: Wen Zheng Ming Yin
Six collectors' seals: including five of the Qianlong, Jiaqing and Xuantong emperors
Frontispiece by the artist: Chi Bi Tu Fu (Painting of the Red Cliff), signed: Zhengming, with three seals
A colophon reads: "Latter Ode of the Red Cliff" by Dong Qichang (1555-1636), signed: Qichang, with one seal, dated an autumn day of gui hai year (1623)
Provenance
Ellen B. Elliott Collection