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SHEN YU (1377-1448)
VERDANT PEAKS AND STREAMS
Handscroll, ink on paper
28.8 x 146 cm (11 1/3 x 57 1/2 in.)
Entitled and signed: Xiangcheng Quqiao Laoren Shen Yu
Two seals of the artist: Shen Yu Zhi Yin, Qu Qiao
Dated a summer's day, fourth year of the Chenghua era (1468)
Three collectors' seals including two of Xiang Zhongdi (1890-?) and one of Hu Weichun (20th century)
Colophons at the end of the scroll by each of:
Liu Jue (1410-1472), signed, with one seal;
Jiang shijie (1647-1709), signed, with one seal; and
Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), signed, with one seal
Six collectors' seals including two of Xiang Zhongdi
Frontispiece by Zou Diguang (16th-17th century), signed, with two seals One collector's seal of Xiang Zhongd
Note:
1. For brief biography of the artist, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p. 437
2. For brief biographies of Liu Jue, Jiang Shijie and Zou Diguang, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, ibid., pp.1316, 582, and 1246 respectively
VERDANT PEAKS AND STREAMS
Handscroll, ink on paper
28.8 x 146 cm (11 1/3 x 57 1/2 in.)
Entitled and signed: Xiangcheng Quqiao Laoren Shen Yu
Two seals of the artist: Shen Yu Zhi Yin, Qu Qiao
Dated a summer's day, fourth year of the Chenghua era (1468)
Three collectors' seals including two of Xiang Zhongdi (1890-?) and one of Hu Weichun (20th century)
Colophons at the end of the scroll by each of:
Liu Jue (1410-1472), signed, with one seal;
Jiang shijie (1647-1709), signed, with one seal; and
Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), signed, with one seal
Six collectors' seals including two of Xiang Zhongdi
Frontispiece by Zou Diguang (16th-17th century), signed, with two seals One collector's seal of Xiang Zhongd
Note:
1. For brief biography of the artist, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p. 437
2. For brief biographies of Liu Jue, Jiang Shijie and Zou Diguang, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, ibid., pp.1316, 582, and 1246 respectively
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