Handscroll, ink on silk
23.5 x 258 cm (9 1/4 x 101 1/2 in.)
Signed: Dong Qichang, [writing this at] Laizhong Lou
Dated eleventh month, gengshen year (1620)
Two seals of the artist: Dong Shi Xuan Zai, Da Zhong Bo Yin
Two collectors' seals: Wu Yao Qu Ping Sheng Zhen Shang; Su Tong
Colophons at the end of the scrol by each of Yang Longshi (18-19th century) and Feng Yuji (19th century)
Four collectors' seals at the end of the scroll:
Leng Ji Lu; Cha Ban Xiang Chu Zhi Guan; Bai Xia Zhuang Sheng; Lu Yi Xuan Zhen Cang
Titleslip by Su Guiyi (19th-20th century)
Noted:
For brief biographies of Yang Longshi and Feng Yuji, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, pp. 1203 and 1134 respectively.
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