Handscroll, ink on silk
41 x 172 cm (16 7/8 x 67 3/4 in.)
Two seals of the artist: Bao Shi Chen yin, Shen Bo
Ten collectors' seals including:
Long Yuanfeng (18th-19th century): Long shi Jun Ru, Long Jun Ru Zhen Cang Shu Hua Jin SHi Wen Zi;
Li Hongzhang (1823-1901): Li Hong Zhang Yin;
Li Yanshan (1898-1961): Yan Shan Guo Mu; and
Xiong Zhai Jian Ding, Xiong Zhai Cang Ben; Li Meng Chun Jia Zhen Cang SHu Hua Yin; Yun Tai; Zhu Ji Wu Da Zhou Yan Guang Si Shi Nian; Xin Feng Colophons at the end of the scroll by Luo SHuzhong (10th century), and Yao Zhongyi (born 1917)
Frontispiece by Deng Fen (1892-1968)
Titleslip by Deng Fen
Note:
1. Colophon by Yao Zhongyi states that this piece was in the collection of Tan Tzse Chor, famous coolector and connoisseur from Singapore
2. For brief biography of Long Yuanfeng, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.1446
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