Details
ZHAO MENGFU (1254-1322)
Cursive Script Calligraphy (cao shu)
Handscroll, ink on paper, 10 1/8 x 107¾in. (27.7 x 273.7cm.)
The text is a copy of the Shiqi Tie
Signed: "Copied by Zi'ang"
Total of twenty-four seals of the artist: Zhao Zi Ang Shi (eight times), Song Xue Zhai Tu Shu Yin, Zhao Shi Shu Yin (three times), Da Ya (eight times), Zhao (twice), Zhao (circular seal), Mo Miao
Total of forty collectors' seals, including seventeen of Li Tingxiang (15th century), one of Liang Qingbiao (1620-1691), one of An Ji (1683-1744), one of Yun Li (?-1738), five of Emperor Qianlong (reigned 1736-1796) and five of Jin Cheng (1878-1926)
One colophon of Tan Zhekai
Literature
An Qi, Moyuan Huiguan ("Ink Remains, Examined and Classified" [descriptive catalogue of An Qi's collection]), preface dated 1724, reprinted by Commercial Press, Shanghai, 1937, vol. 1 (calligraphy sequel), p. 121
