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LU ZHI (MID 16TH CENTURY) AND CAI YU (?-1541)
STREAM OF ESCAPING SUMMER HEAT, WITH ACCOMPANYING NARRATIVE
Landscape and calligraphy mounted as a handscroll
a. Stream of Escaping Summer Heat Painted by Lu Zhi (mid 16th century)
Ink on paper 24.5 x 131 cm. (9 5/8 x 51 1/2 in.) Signed, with two seals of the artist Dated mid-autumn of jiawu year (1534)
b. The Narrative of the Stream of Escaping Summer Heat
Running Script Calligraphy by Cai Yu (?-1541)
Ink on paper
24.5 x 118 cm. (9 5/8 x 46 1/2 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated autumn, the twenty-fifth day and the seventh month of dingchou year of the Zhengde era (1517)
Eighteen colophons, including three by Wu Hufan (1894-1968), one by Gao Dai (17th century), and one by Gao Shiqi (1645-1703)
Ten collectors' seals, including three of Wu Hufan (1894-1968), three of Zhu Zhichi (17th century)
STREAM OF ESCAPING SUMMER HEAT, WITH ACCOMPANYING NARRATIVE
Landscape and calligraphy mounted as a handscroll
a. Stream of Escaping Summer Heat Painted by Lu Zhi (mid 16th century)
Ink on paper 24.5 x 131 cm. (9 5/8 x 51 1/2 in.) Signed, with two seals of the artist Dated mid-autumn of jiawu year (1534)
b. The Narrative of the Stream of Escaping Summer Heat
Running Script Calligraphy by Cai Yu (?-1541)
Ink on paper
24.5 x 118 cm. (9 5/8 x 46 1/2 in.)
Signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated autumn, the twenty-fifth day and the seventh month of dingchou year of the Zhengde era (1517)
Eighteen colophons, including three by Wu Hufan (1894-1968), one by Gao Dai (17th century), and one by Gao Shiqi (1645-1703)
Ten collectors' seals, including three of Wu Hufan (1894-1968), three of Zhu Zhichi (17th century)