Album of seven leaves, ink on silk
Each leaf measures 26 x 15 cm (10 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Colophons at the end of the album by:
Chen Yixi (1648-1709), three times;
Zha Yunbiao (17th-18th century);
Chen Bangyan (1678-1752);
Zeng Anshi and Du Chizhu
Each leaf with two to four collectors' seals
Note:
1. Colophon by Chen Yixi describes this album as originally one comprising fifteen poems, but by 1700, only seven poems remained
2. For Brief biographies of Chen Yixi and Chen Bangyan, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, pp. 1008 and 1003 respectively
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