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DONG QICHANG (1555-1636)
Misty Mountains in the Style of Mi Fu (1051-1107)
Handscroll, ink and color on silk, 9 3/8 x 54¾in. (24 x 139.1cm.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed: "Painted and inscribed by Xuanzai, following the style of Mi Haiyue (Mi Fu)"
Two seals of the artist: Tai Shi Shi, Dong Qi Chang
One colophon by the artist with two poems, inscribed and signed: "On a summer day of jiwei year (1619), when travelling on the Lu River, I did this painting, which captures the spirit of Mi Yuanzhang's (Mi Fu, 1051-1107) "Towering Mountains and Misty River"; [I] attached two of my poems to it", signed: Qichang and with two seals: Dong Qi Chang Yin, Tai Shi Shi
Six colophons, including two by Wu Hufan (1894-1968) and one each by Zhao Shuru (1847-1945) and Ye Gongzhuo (1881-1968), each signed and with one or two seals
Five collectors' seals, including one of Gao Shiqi (1645-1704)
Frontispiece by the artist, signed and with three seals: Tai Shi Shi, Dong Xuan Zai Shi, Xuan Shang Zhai
Misty Mountains in the Style of Mi Fu (1051-1107)
Handscroll, ink and color on silk, 9 3/8 x 54¾in. (24 x 139.1cm.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed: "Painted and inscribed by Xuanzai, following the style of Mi Haiyue (Mi Fu)"
Two seals of the artist: Tai Shi Shi, Dong Qi Chang
One colophon by the artist with two poems, inscribed and signed: "On a summer day of jiwei year (1619), when travelling on the Lu River, I did this painting, which captures the spirit of Mi Yuanzhang's (Mi Fu, 1051-1107) "Towering Mountains and Misty River"; [I] attached two of my poems to it", signed: Qichang and with two seals: Dong Qi Chang Yin, Tai Shi Shi
Six colophons, including two by Wu Hufan (1894-1968) and one each by Zhao Shuru (1847-1945) and Ye Gongzhuo (1881-1968), each signed and with one or two seals
Five collectors' seals, including one of Gao Shiqi (1645-1704)
Frontispiece by the artist, signed and with three seals: Tai Shi Shi, Dong Xuan Zai Shi, Xuan Shang Zhai