Details
WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
Pool of the Jade Maiden
Handscroll in two sections
a. Painting of the Pool of the Jade Girl, ink and color on silk
12 x 104¼in. (30.5 x 265cm.)
Signed: "Painted by Wen Zhengming of Changzhou"
Four seals of the artist: Wen Zheng Ming Yin, Heng Shan, Zheng Zhong Fu, Wu Yan Shi Yin
b. Narration of the Pool of the Jade Girl in Cursive Script Calligraphy (cao shu), ink on paper, 12 x 74½in. (30.5 x 189.5cm.)
Signed: "Wen Zhengming of Changzhou"
Dated the eleventh day of the ninth month of wushen year of the Jiajing era (1548)
Five seals of the artist: Ting Yun, Zheng Zhong, Wu Yan Shi Yin, Wen Zheng Ming Yin, Heng Shan
Three collectors' seals, one colophon and label by Pan Zhengwei (1791-1850)
Literature
Pan Zhengwei, Tingfan Lou Shuhua Ji (Record of Paintings and Calligraphy in the Author's Collection), preface dated 1843, vol. II sequel, reproduced in Huang Binhong, Deng Shi (compilers), Meishu Congshu, Taipei
