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SHEN ZHOU (1427-1509)
SPRING ORCHID AND AUTUMN HIBISCUS
Handscroll, ink on paper
30 x 147 cm. (11 3/4 x 57 7/8 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and dedicated to Yizhai
Signed: Shen Zhou
One seal of the artist: Qi Nan
Poetic inscription following the painting by Wu Kuan (1435-1504)
Signed: Wu Kuan, with two seals: Wu Kuan, Yuan Bo
Dated on tenth day, ninth month, xinchou year in the Chenghua era (1481)
Two poetic inscriptions on the painting by the Qianlong Emperor with three seals: Qian Long Yu Shang, Qian Long Chen Han, Wei Jing Wei Yi
A total of thirty-two collectors' seals, including:
Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736-1795) : Yan Yu Lou Bao, Wu Fu Wu Dai Tang Gu Xi Tian Zi Bao, Qian Long Jian Shang, San Xi Tang Jing Jian Xi, Yi Zi Sun, Bao Ji San Bian, Qian Long Yu Shang Zhi Bao, Qian Long Yu Lan Zhi Bao, Shi Qu Bao Ji, Gu Xi Tian Zi, Yan Yu Lou, Gu Xi Tian Zi, You Ri Zi Zi, Bi Shu Shan Zhuang, Ba Zheng Mao Nian Zhi Bao, Tai Shang Huang Di Zhi Bao;
Jiaqing Emperor (r. 1796-1820) : Jia Qing Yu Lan Zhi Bao, Jia Qing Jian Shang;
An Qi (1682-1742): An Yi Zhou Jia Zhen Cang, Gu Xiang Shu Wu, Xin Shang, Zhao Xian Ren, An Qi Zhi Yin;
Zhang Ruo'ai (1713-1746): Yun Zhen Ge, Yun Zhen Ge Tu Shu Ji, Lian Xue Jiang Ding, Wo Xue Zhai Cang;
Pei Jingfu (1865-1937): Jing Fu Si Yin, Bo Qian Bao Ci Guo Yu Ming Zhu Jun Ma, Huo Qiu;
and one other: Sheng Chao Zhen Shang
Inscription at the start of the scroll by Pei Jingfu, describing the painting as once published in An Qi's Moyuan Huiguan, and subsequently collected into the Imperial collection
SPRING ORCHID AND AUTUMN HIBISCUS
Handscroll, ink on paper
30 x 147 cm. (11 3/4 x 57 7/8 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and dedicated to Yizhai
Signed: Shen Zhou
One seal of the artist: Qi Nan
Poetic inscription following the painting by Wu Kuan (1435-1504)
Signed: Wu Kuan, with two seals: Wu Kuan, Yuan Bo
Dated on tenth day, ninth month, xinchou year in the Chenghua era (1481)
Two poetic inscriptions on the painting by the Qianlong Emperor with three seals: Qian Long Yu Shang, Qian Long Chen Han, Wei Jing Wei Yi
A total of thirty-two collectors' seals, including:
Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736-1795) : Yan Yu Lou Bao, Wu Fu Wu Dai Tang Gu Xi Tian Zi Bao, Qian Long Jian Shang, San Xi Tang Jing Jian Xi, Yi Zi Sun, Bao Ji San Bian, Qian Long Yu Shang Zhi Bao, Qian Long Yu Lan Zhi Bao, Shi Qu Bao Ji, Gu Xi Tian Zi, Yan Yu Lou, Gu Xi Tian Zi, You Ri Zi Zi, Bi Shu Shan Zhuang, Ba Zheng Mao Nian Zhi Bao, Tai Shang Huang Di Zhi Bao;
Jiaqing Emperor (r. 1796-1820) : Jia Qing Yu Lan Zhi Bao, Jia Qing Jian Shang;
An Qi (1682-1742): An Yi Zhou Jia Zhen Cang, Gu Xiang Shu Wu, Xin Shang, Zhao Xian Ren, An Qi Zhi Yin;
Zhang Ruo'ai (1713-1746): Yun Zhen Ge, Yun Zhen Ge Tu Shu Ji, Lian Xue Jiang Ding, Wo Xue Zhai Cang;
Pei Jingfu (1865-1937): Jing Fu Si Yin, Bo Qian Bao Ci Guo Yu Ming Zhu Jun Ma, Huo Qiu;
and one other: Sheng Chao Zhen Shang
Inscription at the start of the scroll by Pei Jingfu, describing the painting as once published in An Qi's Moyuan Huiguan, and subsequently collected into the Imperial collection
Literature
An Qi, Moyaun Huiguan, Xulu, Jiangsu Meishu Chubanshe, China, 1992, p.284
Bian Yongyu, Xigutang Shuhua Huikao, Paintings section, juan 25, in Zhongguo Shuhua Quanji, Shanghai, 1994, Vol. 7, p.166
Shiqu Baoji, Sanbian, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1969, p.3319 Pei Jingfu, Zhuangtaoge Shuhaulu, juan 9, Zhonghau Publishing, Taipei, n.d., pp.579-580
Note: The two poems inscribed by the Qianlong Emperor on the painting have been recorded. See Shi Guangming, et. al., Qianlong Yuji Wenwu Jianshang Shi, Shumu Wenxian Chubanshe, China, 1993, p.106
Bian Yongyu, Xigutang Shuhua Huikao, Paintings section, juan 25, in Zhongguo Shuhua Quanji, Shanghai, 1994, Vol. 7, p.166
Shiqu Baoji, Sanbian, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1969, p.3319 Pei Jingfu, Zhuangtaoge Shuhaulu, juan 9, Zhonghau Publishing, Taipei, n.d., pp.579-580
Note: The two poems inscribed by the Qianlong Emperor on the painting have been recorded. See Shi Guangming, et. al., Qianlong Yuji Wenwu Jianshang Shi, Shumu Wenxian Chubanshe, China, 1993, p.106