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XU WEI (1521-1593)
FLOWERS IN INK
Handscroll, ink on paper
32.5 x 509.5 cm (12 3/4 x 200 5/8 in.)
Inscribed with sixteen poems by the artist, each poem with one seal of the artist: Ru Zi
Eleven seals of the artist: Xu Wen Chang, Peng Fei Dao Ren, Tian Chi Shan Ren, Wen Chang (on seams three times), Xiang Guan Zhai (on seams three times, and at the end of the scroll), Qing Shang Men Shi
Four collectors' seals, including one of Liang Zhangju (1775-1849), and one of Pan Feisheng (1857-1934)
Colophon at the end of the scroll by Xiong Jingxing (18th-19th century), dated eighth month, xinchou year (18410), signed with one seal
Note:
For brief biographies of Pan Feisheng and Xiong Jingxing, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, pp.1350 and 1256 respectively
FLOWERS IN INK
Handscroll, ink on paper
32.5 x 509.5 cm (12 3/4 x 200 5/8 in.)
Inscribed with sixteen poems by the artist, each poem with one seal of the artist: Ru Zi
Eleven seals of the artist: Xu Wen Chang, Peng Fei Dao Ren, Tian Chi Shan Ren, Wen Chang (on seams three times), Xiang Guan Zhai (on seams three times, and at the end of the scroll), Qing Shang Men Shi
Four collectors' seals, including one of Liang Zhangju (1775-1849), and one of Pan Feisheng (1857-1934)
Colophon at the end of the scroll by Xiong Jingxing (18th-19th century), dated eighth month, xinchou year (18410), signed with one seal
Note:
For brief biographies of Pan Feisheng and Xiong Jingxing, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, pp.1350 and 1256 respectively