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WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
SWALLOWS RETURNING IN SPRING
Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
27.2 x 88 cm. (10 1/3 x 35 in.)
Signed: Zhengming ximo (Zhengming being playful with ink)
One seal of the artist: Wen Zheng Ming Yin
Six collectors' seals, including:
Qianlong Emperor (reigned 1736-1795): Qian Long Yu Lan Zhi Bao, Shi Qu Bao Ji, Yu Shu Fang Jian Cang Bao, Jian Hu Yi Qu Qiao Xi Shi
Jiaqing Emperor (reigned 1796-1820): Jia Qing Yu Lan Zhi Bao
Xuantong Emperor (reigned 1909-1911): Xuan Tong Yu Lan Zhi Bao
Poem by the artist, Xinyan Pian (Swallows Returning in Spring), written in running standard script calligraphy by the artist.
Signed: Zhengming, and dated twenty-eighth day, second month, jiachen year in the Jiaqing era (1544)
Three seals of the artist: Ting Yun, Wen Zheng Ming Yin, Zheng Zhong
Inscription at the end of the scroll by the fourth generation grandson of the artist, Tongkui, with two seals
Frontispiece by Lu Shidao (1512-1573), with one seal
SWALLOWS RETURNING IN SPRING
Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
27.2 x 88 cm. (10 1/3 x 35 in.)
Signed: Zhengming ximo (Zhengming being playful with ink)
One seal of the artist: Wen Zheng Ming Yin
Six collectors' seals, including:
Qianlong Emperor (reigned 1736-1795): Qian Long Yu Lan Zhi Bao, Shi Qu Bao Ji, Yu Shu Fang Jian Cang Bao, Jian Hu Yi Qu Qiao Xi Shi
Jiaqing Emperor (reigned 1796-1820): Jia Qing Yu Lan Zhi Bao
Xuantong Emperor (reigned 1909-1911): Xuan Tong Yu Lan Zhi Bao
Poem by the artist, Xinyan Pian (Swallows Returning in Spring), written in running standard script calligraphy by the artist.
Signed: Zhengming, and dated twenty-eighth day, second month, jiachen year in the Jiaqing era (1544)
Three seals of the artist: Ting Yun, Wen Zheng Ming Yin, Zheng Zhong
Inscription at the end of the scroll by the fourth generation grandson of the artist, Tongkui, with two seals
Frontispiece by Lu Shidao (1512-1573), with one seal
Literature
Shiqu Baoji Chubian, juan (vol.) 6, in Midian Zhulin Shiqu Baoji Hebian, Shanghai Bookstore Publishing, 1988, Vol. 2, p.1055
Jiang Shaoshen, Wen Zhengming yu Suzhou huatan (Wen Zhengming and the Paintings Circle in Suzhou), National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 1978, p.209
Zhou Daozhen, Wen Zhengming shuhua jianbiao (Chronology of Wen Zhengming and his paintings and calligraphy), Beijing Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1985, p.99
Yang Renkai, Guobao Fuchen lu (Tracking down National Treasures), Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1991, p.577
Xu Bangda, Gaiding Lidai Liuchuan Huihua biannian biao (Revised Chronology of Paintings Through the Centuries), Beijing Renmin Meishu Chubanseh, 1994, p.80
Fu Kaixin (John C. Ferguson), Lidai Zhulu huamu (Index of Literature on Chinese Paintings), Jiangsu Guangling Guji Keyinshe, 1994 Reprint, p.46
Jiang Shaoshen, Wen Zhengming yu Suzhou huatan (Wen Zhengming and the Paintings Circle in Suzhou), National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 1978, p.209
Zhou Daozhen, Wen Zhengming shuhua jianbiao (Chronology of Wen Zhengming and his paintings and calligraphy), Beijing Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1985, p.99
Yang Renkai, Guobao Fuchen lu (Tracking down National Treasures), Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1991, p.577
Xu Bangda, Gaiding Lidai Liuchuan Huihua biannian biao (Revised Chronology of Paintings Through the Centuries), Beijing Renmin Meishu Chubanseh, 1994, p.80
Fu Kaixin (John C. Ferguson), Lidai Zhulu huamu (Index of Literature on Chinese Paintings), Jiangsu Guangling Guji Keyinshe, 1994 Reprint, p.46