Album of three leaves, ink and colour on paper
Each leaf measures 19 x 12.6 cm (7 1/2 x 5 in.)
Each leaf with a corresponding inscription by Weng Fangfang (1733-1818) Colophons at the end of the album by each of:
Weng Fanggang, signed, with two seals, and dated yimao year (1795). The colophon describes that the three bamboo carvings belonged to Gui Fu (1736-1805), Qing Ling (?-1806) and Yu Dong (18th-19th century). Weng Fanggang asked Luo Ping to paint the three carving, and on Gui Fu's sixtieth birthday, him and other friends each composed poems and essays to accompany the three painting comprising this album and dedicated this to Gui.
Zhang Wentao (1764-1814);
Zhao Huaiyu (1747-1823);
Qianguang;
Wu Xiqi (1746-1818);
Liu Rongfu (1774-1854); and Liu Dashen (18th-19th century)
Frontispiece by Weng Fanggang, with two seals
One collector's seal of Sheng Xuanhuai (1844-1916)
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