PEONIES, AND POEMS TO PEONIES IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Handscroll, ink or ink and colour on paper
Painting of peonies measures 26 x 166 cm (10 1/4 x 65 1/3 in.)
Calligraphy portion of poems measures 25.4 x 267 cm (10 1/8 x 105 in.) Signed: Daofu
Three seals of the artist: Dao Fu Shi, Fu Sheng Yin, Da Yao
Dated fourth month, jiachen year (1544)
There collectors'seals, including:
Qu Baojun (18th century): Yu Shan Bao Jun Qu Shi Suo Cang Jin Shi Shu Hua Tu Ji Yin, Qu Bao Jun Cang; and
Xiu Nang Qing Mi
Colophon at the end of the scroll by Shao Songnian (1848-1923), signed, with two seals, and dated jiachen year (1914)
Titleslip by Shao Songnian
Note:
For brief biography of Qu Baojun, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Chubanshe, 1981, p.514
Lot Essay
(US$15,500-19,400)
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