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WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
BOATING BY THE RED CLIFF
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
24 x 135.5 cm. (9 1/2 x 53 1/3 in.)
Signed: Zhengming
Dated an autumn day of xinhai year (1551)
One seal of the artist: Wen Zheng Ming Yin
Six collectors' seals, including three of the Qianlong Emperor, and one each of the Jiaqing and Xuantong Emperors
Frontispiece in clerical script calligraphy: Chi Bi Tu Fu, and signed: Zhengming, with three seals of the artist: Wen Zheng Ming Yin, Zheng Zhong, Ting Yun
With a lengthy colophon consisting of the Latter Red Cliff Ode in running script calligraphy by Dong Qichang (1555-1636), signed: Qichang
Dated an autumn day, guihai year (1623), with one seal: Dong Qi Chang
Four collectors' seals
BOATING BY THE RED CLIFF
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
24 x 135.5 cm. (9 1/2 x 53 1/3 in.)
Signed: Zhengming
Dated an autumn day of xinhai year (1551)
One seal of the artist: Wen Zheng Ming Yin
Six collectors' seals, including three of the Qianlong Emperor, and one each of the Jiaqing and Xuantong Emperors
Frontispiece in clerical script calligraphy: Chi Bi Tu Fu, and signed: Zhengming, with three seals of the artist: Wen Zheng Ming Yin, Zheng Zhong, Ting Yun
With a lengthy colophon consisting of the Latter Red Cliff Ode in running script calligraphy by Dong Qichang (1555-1636), signed: Qichang
Dated an autumn day, guihai year (1623), with one seal: Dong Qi Chang
Four collectors' seals