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(US$10,300-15,400)
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WANG GAI (1645-AFTER 1705)
STORIES OF MERITS AND VIRTUES
Album of eight leaves, ink and color on silk
28.5 x 27.5 cm. (11 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
Last leaf signed: Xiu Shui Wang Gai
Dated a spring day of renshen year (1692), painted at Yunqiu pavilion
Five seals of the artist: Wang Gai, Yun Qiu Ge Shu Hua Yin, and Qie Xue Hu Tu (three times)
Each leaf with a colophon by Hu Shi (17th century), depicting each story
One colophon by Huang Jin (17th century) on two separate leaves
Five collectors' seals
(8)
STORIES OF MERITS AND VIRTUES
Album of eight leaves, ink and color on silk
28.5 x 27.5 cm. (11 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
Last leaf signed: Xiu Shui Wang Gai
Dated a spring day of renshen year (1692), painted at Yunqiu pavilion
Five seals of the artist: Wang Gai, Yun Qiu Ge Shu Hua Yin, and Qie Xue Hu Tu (three times)
Each leaf with a colophon by Hu Shi (17th century), depicting each story
One colophon by Huang Jin (17th century) on two separate leaves
Five collectors' seals
(8)