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CHEN HONGSHOU (1598-1652)
FLOWERS
Handscroll, ink and light colours on paper
26.8 x 1220 cm. (10 1/4 x 480 in.)
Signed: Laolian Hongshou
Two seals of the artist: Chen Hong Shou Yin, Zhang Hou
Ten collectors' seals, including:
Lin Zexu (1785-1850): Lin Xiao Mu Zhen Cang Yin;
Jiang Tingxi (1669-1732): Ting Xi Si Yin, You Jun;
Zhou Xingyi (1833-1904): Xing Yi Yin Xin (on mounting), Xing Yi, Ji Kuang, Zhou Xing Yi Yin;
Dai Guangzeng ( ): Dai Guang Zeng Yin; and
Bu Ye Lou; one other illegible seal
Two collectors' seals on the mounting:
Dai Guangzeng: Jia Xing Dai Guang Zeng Jian Cang Jing Ji Shu Hua Yin; and Jiang Su Xun Fu Guan Fang
Colophon at the end of the scroll by the artist, dating this scroll to the seventh month (xinqiu) of the renchen year (1652), with two seals of the artist: Chen Hong Shou Yin, Zhang Hou Shi
Colophon dated tenth month (xiaochun), renchen year (1652)
Three collectors' seals on the colophon:
Dai Guangzeng: Guang Zeng; and
Zhou Xingyi: Ji Kuang, Zhou Xing Yi Yin
Inscription at the end of the scroll, dated third month, jiaxu year of the Jiaqing era (1814), stating that this scroll was previously in the collection of Song Baochun (1748-1818), with one collector's seal of Dai Guangzeng
FLOWERS
Handscroll, ink and light colours on paper
26.8 x 1220 cm. (10 1/4 x 480 in.)
Signed: Laolian Hongshou
Two seals of the artist: Chen Hong Shou Yin, Zhang Hou
Ten collectors' seals, including:
Lin Zexu (1785-1850): Lin Xiao Mu Zhen Cang Yin;
Jiang Tingxi (1669-1732): Ting Xi Si Yin, You Jun;
Zhou Xingyi (1833-1904): Xing Yi Yin Xin (on mounting), Xing Yi, Ji Kuang, Zhou Xing Yi Yin;
Dai Guangzeng ( ): Dai Guang Zeng Yin; and
Bu Ye Lou; one other illegible seal
Two collectors' seals on the mounting:
Dai Guangzeng: Jia Xing Dai Guang Zeng Jian Cang Jing Ji Shu Hua Yin; and Jiang Su Xun Fu Guan Fang
Colophon at the end of the scroll by the artist, dating this scroll to the seventh month (xinqiu) of the renchen year (1652), with two seals of the artist: Chen Hong Shou Yin, Zhang Hou Shi
Colophon dated tenth month (xiaochun), renchen year (1652)
Three collectors' seals on the colophon:
Dai Guangzeng: Guang Zeng; and
Zhou Xingyi: Ji Kuang, Zhou Xing Yi Yin
Inscription at the end of the scroll, dated third month, jiaxu year of the Jiaqing era (1814), stating that this scroll was previously in the collection of Song Baochun (1748-1818), with one collector's seal of Dai Guangzeng