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ZHANG ZONGCANG (1686-1756)
LANDSCAPE
Hanging scroll, ink and light color on Xuande wax paper
42.5 x 33 cm. (16 3/4 x 13 in.)
Signed: respectfully painted by your servant Zhang Zongcang
Two seals of the artist: Gong, Hua
One colophon on the painting by Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799) can be translated as:
"The brushwork is delicate
The feeling subtly expressed
The far mountains seem colorless
The near water is so clear that one would like to hear its sound.
Where would the master of the old house have gone?
A lonely crane stalks in the garden.
I have tried to express the meaning in my superscription
And express my leisurely criticism while enjoying this scroll."
Colophon dated early autumn of wuzi year (1768)
Nine collectors' seals: eight of Emperor Qianglong and one of Emperor Jiaqing (1760-1820)
LANDSCAPE
Hanging scroll, ink and light color on Xuande wax paper
42.5 x 33 cm. (16 3/4 x 13 in.)
Signed: respectfully painted by your servant Zhang Zongcang
Two seals of the artist: Gong, Hua
One colophon on the painting by Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799) can be translated as:
"The brushwork is delicate
The feeling subtly expressed
The far mountains seem colorless
The near water is so clear that one would like to hear its sound.
Where would the master of the old house have gone?
A lonely crane stalks in the garden.
I have tried to express the meaning in my superscription
And express my leisurely criticism while enjoying this scroll."
Colophon dated early autumn of wuzi year (1768)
Nine collectors' seals: eight of Emperor Qianglong and one of Emperor Jiaqing (1760-1820)
Literature
Sherman Lee, Chinese Landscape Painting, plate 82, p. 102, published by Cleveland Museum, Ohio. 1954
T. Naito, Shina Kaiga Shi (History of Chinese Painting), plate 114, p. 169-170, published by Kobundo Shobo, 1939
Hakubundo, Shincho Shogafu (Paintings and Calligraphy of the Qing Dynasty),plate 60, Osaka, Japan. 1922
Osvald Siren, Chinese Painting, vol. 7, Index, p. 292, published by Hacker Art Books Inc., New York, 1973
Shi Guangming etc., Qianlong Yuzhi Wenwu Jianshang Shi (Poems to Appreciate Art Works Composed by Emperor Qianlong), p. 253, printed by Historical Document Publishing House, Beijing. July, 1993
T. Naito, Shina Kaiga Shi (History of Chinese Painting), plate 114, p. 169-170, published by Kobundo Shobo, 1939
Hakubundo, Shincho Shogafu (Paintings and Calligraphy of the Qing Dynasty),plate 60, Osaka, Japan. 1922
Osvald Siren, Chinese Painting, vol. 7, Index, p. 292, published by Hacker Art Books Inc., New York, 1973
Shi Guangming etc., Qianlong Yuzhi Wenwu Jianshang Shi (Poems to Appreciate Art Works Composed by Emperor Qianlong), p. 253, printed by Historical Document Publishing House, Beijing. July, 1993
Exhibited
Chinese Landscape Painting, Cleveland Museum, Ohio. 1954