Calligraphy after the Chunhua ge tie
A set of ten albums totalling 207 double leaves, ink on paper
Each leaf measures 24 x 31.7 cm (9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
Last leaf in album ten inscribed and signed by the artist: Cheng Qingwang
One seal of the artist: Yi Jin Zhai Yin
Dated seventh month of the wuyin year (1818) to seventh month of the jimao year (1819)
Each album with nine collectors' seals, including four of Yi Qin (1832-1898) and one of Pu Wei (1880-1937)
Colophons by Pu Wei in the first, sixth, seventh, and tenth albums
Colophons at the end of the tenth album by each of Zheng Xiaoxu (1860-1938), Luo Zhenyu (1865-1940), Chen Zengshou (1878-1949), Shang Yanying (1869-?). Quan Qi (19th-20th century), and Yuan Jinkai (1890-1947)
Note:
Yi Qin was the sixth son of the Daoguang emperor, and made Prince Gong during the Xianfeng era. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Lidai Renming Dacidian, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1999, p.1763
Pu Wei was Yi Qin's grandson and became Prince Gong in the twenty-fourth year of the Guangxu era (1989)
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