Six Dragons
Details
CHEN RONG (13TH CENTURY) AS CATALOGUED IN SHIQU BAOJI
Six Dragons
Handscroll, ink on paper
Painting: 13 ½ x 173 3/8 in. (34.3 x 440.4 cm.)
Calligraphy: 13 7/8 x 32 5/8 in. (35.1 x 82.8 cm.)
Inscribed, with one seal of the artist
Colophon by Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799), with two seals
Dated mid-spring, wuxu year (1778)
Colophons by Yu Minzhong (1714-1779), with two seals; Liang Guozhi
(1722-1786), with two seals; Wang Jie (1725-1805), with two seals; Dong Gao
(1740-1818), with two seals; Jin Shisong (1730-1800), with two seals; and
Chen Xiaoyong (1715-1779), with two seals
Thirty-four collectors’ seals including fourteen of Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799),
one of Emperor Jiaqing (1760-1820), nine of Zhuang Husun (17th century),
two of Prince Yixin (1832-1898)
Six Dragons
Handscroll, ink on paper
Painting: 13 ½ x 173 3/8 in. (34.3 x 440.4 cm.)
Calligraphy: 13 7/8 x 32 5/8 in. (35.1 x 82.8 cm.)
Inscribed, with one seal of the artist
Colophon by Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799), with two seals
Dated mid-spring, wuxu year (1778)
Colophons by Yu Minzhong (1714-1779), with two seals; Liang Guozhi
(1722-1786), with two seals; Wang Jie (1725-1805), with two seals; Dong Gao
(1740-1818), with two seals; Jin Shisong (1730-1800), with two seals; and
Chen Xiaoyong (1715-1779), with two seals
Thirty-four collectors’ seals including fourteen of Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799),
one of Emperor Jiaqing (1760-1820), nine of Zhuang Husun (17th century),
two of Prince Yixin (1832-1898)
Literature
Emperor Gaozong, Shiqu Baoji Xubian, 1793, Facsimile reprint, Taipei,
National Palace Museum, 1971, p. 1932.
Suzuki Kei, Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings: Japanese
Museums, University of Tokyo Press, 1983, vol. 3, JM14-0023.
National Palace Museum, 1971, p. 1932.
Suzuki Kei, Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings: Japanese
Museums, University of Tokyo Press, 1983, vol. 3, JM14-0023.