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WANG DUO (1592-1652)
Orchids, Bamboo, and Rocks
Handscroll, ink on paper, 29.2 x 325.3cm. (11 1/2 x 128in.)
Inscribed and signed: painted by Wang Duo at the age of fifty-two.
Dated: on the fourth day of the eighth month in the sixteenth year of the chongzheng era (1643)
Dedicated to the Tangong (Zhang Jinyan, 17th century)
One seal of the artist: Wang Duo Zhi Yin
One colophone by the artist indicating that Wang Yung, brother of the artist, found this painting in a market after the overthrow of the Ming Dynasty. The colophone is dated 1646 and signed: Wang Duo, with one seal: Duo
Six collectors' seals
Inscribed again by the artist, on a piece of paper mounted next to the painting, listing six names of his friends who watched him paint the painting. Signed with one seal: Wang Duo Zhi Yin.
One collector's seal next to this colophone
One colophone by He Shaoji (1799-1873)
Three collectors' seals next to He Shaoji's colophone
Orchids, Bamboo, and Rocks
Handscroll, ink on paper, 29.2 x 325.3cm. (11 1/2 x 128in.)
Inscribed and signed: painted by Wang Duo at the age of fifty-two.
Dated: on the fourth day of the eighth month in the sixteenth year of the chongzheng era (1643)
Dedicated to the Tangong (Zhang Jinyan, 17th century)
One seal of the artist: Wang Duo Zhi Yin
One colophone by the artist indicating that Wang Yung, brother of the artist, found this painting in a market after the overthrow of the Ming Dynasty. The colophone is dated 1646 and signed: Wang Duo, with one seal: Duo
Six collectors' seals
Inscribed again by the artist, on a piece of paper mounted next to the painting, listing six names of his friends who watched him paint the painting. Signed with one seal: Wang Duo Zhi Yin.
One collector's seal next to this colophone
One colophone by He Shaoji (1799-1873)
Three collectors' seals next to He Shaoji's colophone