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JU JIE (ACTIVE CIRCA 1530-1585)
BOATING ON THE FIVE LAKES
Handscroll, ink and color on silk
27.2 x 113.8 cm. (10 3/4 x 44 3/4 in.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed: Ju Jie
Two seals of the artist: Ju Jie Yin, Shi Zhen Fu
Dated late spring of yiyou year (1585)
Dedicated to Yujin (Mei Yujin, friend of the artist)
One colophon by the artist attached at end of the painting and signed: Ju Jie, with two seals
Five colophons by contemporary scholars, including one each by Wang Zhideng (1532-1612), Wu Zuoqin and Liang Chenyu (16th century), and two by Mo Shilong (?-1587)
Seven collectors' seals: three of Bi Yuan (1730-1797), one of Bi Shuang (younger brother of Bi Yuan), one of Gu Zhengyi (circa 1570-1620), and two of Chen Kuilin (1855-after 1915)
BOATING ON THE FIVE LAKES
Handscroll, ink and color on silk
27.2 x 113.8 cm. (10 3/4 x 44 3/4 in.)
Entitled, inscribed and signed: Ju Jie
Two seals of the artist: Ju Jie Yin, Shi Zhen Fu
Dated late spring of yiyou year (1585)
Dedicated to Yujin (Mei Yujin, friend of the artist)
One colophon by the artist attached at end of the painting and signed: Ju Jie, with two seals
Five colophons by contemporary scholars, including one each by Wang Zhideng (1532-1612), Wu Zuoqin and Liang Chenyu (16th century), and two by Mo Shilong (?-1587)
Seven collectors' seals: three of Bi Yuan (1730-1797), one of Bi Shuang (younger brother of Bi Yuan), one of Gu Zhengyi (circa 1570-1620), and two of Chen Kuilin (1855-after 1915)
Literature
Chen Kuilin, Bao Yu Ge Shu Hua Lu (Descriptive Catalogue of Paintings and Calligraphy in the Baoyuge Collection), vol.1, p.30