Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
33 x 562 cm (13 x 221 1/4 in.)
Inscribed at the end of the scroll and signed by the artist: Xinluo Shanren Hua Yan
Two seals of the artist: Hua Yan, Qiu Yue
Dated winter, jiwei year (1739)
Eleven collectors' seals, including two of Zhang Jing (18th-19th century), one of Kong Huaimin (19th century), and seven of Kong Guangtao (19th century)
Colophon at the end of the scroll by Kong Guangtao, dated tenth year of the Xianfeng era (1860), signed, with one seal
Inscription in the mounting before the painting by Zhang Jing, with two seals, and a collector's seal of Kong Guangtao
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(US$193,500-232,300)
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