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WANG YU (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
SNOW CLEARING OVER THE MOUNTAINS
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
25 x 181.5 cm (71 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed: Ri'chu Wang Yi
Two seals of the artist: Wang Yi Zhi Yin, Ri Chu
Dated fifth month, wushen year (1740)
Colophon at the end of the scroll by Weng Tonghe (1830-1904), signed, with two seals
Frontispiece by Cheng Tinglu (1796-1850), signed, with two seals
Note:
1. For brief biography of the artist, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Chubanshe, 1981, p.1097
2. For brief biography of Cheng Tinglu, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, ibid., p.11097
3. Previously in the Tingsong Shuwu collection (Zhao Shudong, 20th century)
SNOW CLEARING OVER THE MOUNTAINS
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
25 x 181.5 cm (71 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.)
Inscribed with a poem and signed: Ri'chu Wang Yi
Two seals of the artist: Wang Yi Zhi Yin, Ri Chu
Dated fifth month, wushen year (1740)
Colophon at the end of the scroll by Weng Tonghe (1830-1904), signed, with two seals
Frontispiece by Cheng Tinglu (1796-1850), signed, with two seals
Note:
1. For brief biography of the artist, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Chubanshe, 1981, p.1097
2. For brief biography of Cheng Tinglu, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, ibid., p.11097
3. Previously in the Tingsong Shuwu collection (Zhao Shudong, 20th century)