Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
27 x 114.3 cm (10 2/3 x 45 in.)
Entitled and signed: Qiu Ying Shifu
One seal of the artist: Shi Zhou
Three collectors' seals, including:
Han Rongguang (19th century): Han Rong Guang;
and two other illegible seals
Poetic inscription after the painting in running script calligraphy by Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), signed: Zhengming
Dated thirteenth day, sixth month, jihai year (1539)
Three seals of Wen Zhengming: Wen Zheng Ming Yin, Yu Qing Shan Fang, Ting Yun
One collector's seal of Han Rongguang: Han Rong Guang
Titleslip by Yan Shiqing (1873-1929), signed: Zhisou, and dated yimao year (1905)
Literature
Lin Jaizhi, Lu Shouron, Qin Yin Huazhuan (Biography of Qiu Ying), Shandong Huabu Chubanshe, 2004, p.9
Lot Essay
(US$258,100-387,100)
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