Details
LU JIANZHI (early to mid-7th century)
Running Cursive Script Calligraphy (xingcao shu)
Five poems from the Lanting (Orchid Pavilion) Gathering of Scholars
Handscroll, ink on paper, 8¾ x 26½ in. (22.2 x 67.3cm.)
The poems were composed by Wang Xizhi (321-379) and other scholars who attended the gathering at the Orchid Pavilion
Signed: "Written by Lu Jianzhi"
Entitled by an unidentified writer, possibly from the 12th century
Three colophons, one dated jiachen year (1604) with one seal of Deng Wenming (early 17th century), one dated gengshen year (1620) with two seals of Li Rihua (1565-1635), and one dated bingxu year (1646) with one seal of Shen Hao (1585-circa 1661)
Total of sixty-three collectors seals, including one of Emperor Song Huizong (reigned 1101-1125), two of Emperor Song Gaozong (reigned 1127-1162), three of Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322), four of Xiang Dushou (16th century, elder brother of Xiang Yuanbian), twenty-four of Xiang Yuanbian (1525-1590), one of Feng Mengzhen (1548-1605), one of Wu Ting (early 17th century), four of Wu Ruizheng (early 17th century), eight of Cai Shisong (17th century), five of Yuan Baoheng (early 19th century), five seals of Li Qiyan
Running Cursive Script Calligraphy (xingcao shu)
Five poems from the Lanting (Orchid Pavilion) Gathering of Scholars
Handscroll, ink on paper, 8¾ x 26½ in. (22.2 x 67.3cm.)
The poems were composed by Wang Xizhi (321-379) and other scholars who attended the gathering at the Orchid Pavilion
Signed: "Written by Lu Jianzhi"
Entitled by an unidentified writer, possibly from the 12th century
Three colophons, one dated jiachen year (1604) with one seal of Deng Wenming (early 17th century), one dated gengshen year (1620) with two seals of Li Rihua (1565-1635), and one dated bingxu year (1646) with one seal of Shen Hao (1585-circa 1661)
Total of sixty-three collectors seals, including one of Emperor Song Huizong (reigned 1101-1125), two of Emperor Song Gaozong (reigned 1127-1162), three of Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322), four of Xiang Dushou (16th century, elder brother of Xiang Yuanbian), twenty-four of Xiang Yuanbian (1525-1590), one of Feng Mengzhen (1548-1605), one of Wu Ting (early 17th century), four of Wu Ruizheng (early 17th century), eight of Cai Shisong (17th century), five of Yuan Baoheng (early 19th century), five seals of Li Qiyan
Literature
Xuanhe Shupu, Vol. 8, (Catalogue of Paintings and Calligraphy in the Imperial Collection of Song Huizong), (Shanghai: 1983 reprint), p. 68
Mi Fu, Shushi ("History of Calligraphy"), (Shanghai: reprinted in Meishu Congshu, second series, 1986), vol. 1, p. 23
Zhang Chou, Qinghe Shuhuafang, preface dated 1616, (reprint 1875), vol. 3, p. 39
Mi Fu, Shushi ("History of Calligraphy"), (Shanghai: reprinted in Meishu Congshu, second series, 1986), vol. 1, p. 23
Zhang Chou, Qinghe Shuhuafang, preface dated 1616, (reprint 1875), vol. 3, p. 39