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XUE SUSU (CIRCA 1573-1620)
ORCHIDS BAMBOO AND ROCK
Handscroll, ink on paper
26.8 x 523 cm (10 1/2 x 205 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed by the artist: Xue Susu
One seal of the artist: Xue su
Dated a spring day, jihai (1599) year
Four poetic inscriptions on the scroll by Zhang Fengyi (1527-1613), signed, and with one to two seals
One collector's seal of Wang Cao (17th-18th century), and one of wu rongguang (1773-1843)
One colophon each by Pan Zengying (1808-1878), Pan Zunqi (1808-1892), Wang Youling (?-1861), all decidated to Master Jian Zhai (Wang Cao)
One colophon by Ye Gongchuo (1881-1968)
Note:
1. For brief biographies of Pan Zengying and Pan Zunqi, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, pp.1352 and 1354
2. For brief biography of Wang Youling, see Zhongguo Lidai Renming Dacidian, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1999, p.180
ORCHIDS BAMBOO AND ROCK
Handscroll, ink on paper
26.8 x 523 cm (10 1/2 x 205 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed by the artist: Xue Susu
One seal of the artist: Xue su
Dated a spring day, jihai (1599) year
Four poetic inscriptions on the scroll by Zhang Fengyi (1527-1613), signed, and with one to two seals
One collector's seal of Wang Cao (17th-18th century), and one of wu rongguang (1773-1843)
One colophon each by Pan Zengying (1808-1878), Pan Zunqi (1808-1892), Wang Youling (?-1861), all decidated to Master Jian Zhai (Wang Cao)
One colophon by Ye Gongchuo (1881-1968)
Note:
1. For brief biographies of Pan Zengying and Pan Zunqi, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, pp.1352 and 1354
2. For brief biography of Wang Youling, see Zhongguo Lidai Renming Dacidian, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1999, p.180