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WAN SHOUQI (1603-1652)
Landscape
Handscroll in four sections, ink on paper, first three sections each measures 8¼ x 29¼in. (21 x 74.3cm.), the last section measures 8¼ x 29in. (21 x 73.5cm.)
a. Boating alone on a Lake
Inscribed: "Painted for Yigong"
Signed: Shou Daoren
One seal of the artist: Shou Dao
b. The Thatched Hall of Shixi (The artist's studio)
Inscribed: "Painted for Yigong"
Signed: Shou Daoren
One seal of the artist: Shou Qi
Inscribed again, signed: Shou, with one seal: Shi Xi
c. Setting a Fishing Net in a Lake by a Cliff
Inscribed: "Painted for Yigong"
Dated the twenty-ninth day of the third month of xinmao year (1651)
One seal of the artist: Shou Dao Ren
d. An Old Man sitting on a Terrace looking at the Sea
Inscribed: "After finishing the third section, [I] am still in a good mood and then I painted this fourth section."
Signed: Shou Daoren
One seal of the artist: Shou Qi
Each section with two collectors' seals, including one of Xu Jian (1712-1798)
Three colophons, including one of He Shaoji (1799-1873), dated the fifth month of renzi year (1852)
Frontispiece by Xu Jian
Landscape
Handscroll in four sections, ink on paper, first three sections each measures 8¼ x 29¼in. (21 x 74.3cm.), the last section measures 8¼ x 29in. (21 x 73.5cm.)
a. Boating alone on a Lake
Inscribed: "Painted for Yigong"
Signed: Shou Daoren
One seal of the artist: Shou Dao
b. The Thatched Hall of Shixi (The artist's studio)
Inscribed: "Painted for Yigong"
Signed: Shou Daoren
One seal of the artist: Shou Qi
Inscribed again, signed: Shou, with one seal: Shi Xi
c. Setting a Fishing Net in a Lake by a Cliff
Inscribed: "Painted for Yigong"
Dated the twenty-ninth day of the third month of xinmao year (1651)
One seal of the artist: Shou Dao Ren
d. An Old Man sitting on a Terrace looking at the Sea
Inscribed: "After finishing the third section, [I] am still in a good mood and then I painted this fourth section."
Signed: Shou Daoren
One seal of the artist: Shou Qi
Each section with two collectors' seals, including one of Xu Jian (1712-1798)
Three colophons, including one of He Shaoji (1799-1873), dated the fifth month of renzi year (1852)
Frontispiece by Xu Jian