CHEN HONGSHOU (ATTRIBUTED TO, 1598-1652)

MASTER YUCHUAN AND HIS ATTENDANTS

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CHEN HONGSHOU (ATTRIBUTED TO, 1598-1652)
Master Yuchuan and His Attendants
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
Inscribed with a poem and signed by the artist
Two seals of the artist
Three collectors' seals, including one of Xiang Yuan (18th century)
A colophon and a seal on the mounting brocade by Ding Jing (1695- 1765), dated thirteeth year of the Qianlong era (1748)
66 x 25½ in. (167.5 x 64.7 cm.)

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Master Yuchuan is the style name of the Tang-dynasty Tea master Lu Tong (798-835). He is best known for his poem "Seven Cups of Tea" and was said to keep company with an ugly woman and a short servant, although Lu Tong was very tall.

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