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Materials:

ink on paper

Measurements:

12.44 in. (31.60 cm.) (height) by 361.42 in. (918.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed Gong Xian, inscribed with a poem, with two seals of the artist, gong xian yin, ban qian, Colophon by Shao Songnian (1848-1923), dated bingshen (1896) of the Guangxu reign, with two seals, shao shi bo ying, song nian bo ying, With two collector's seals of Shao Songnian (1848-1923), chang yi zi sun, song nian suo cang Artist inscription: Rivers and mountains all belong to the realm of fishermen and woodcutters; Amongst them are the houses and huts in which recluses dwell. Playing strings and chanting, calling out and singing, after eating and drinking he remarks: "If one is not a recluse one cannot be a fisherman or woodcutters."

Exhibited:

1. Art of the Scholar-poets: Traditional Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, VA: Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, April 1-May 9, 1998 . 2. Dreams of Yellow Mountain: Landscapes of Survival in Seventeenth-Century China, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 13, 2003-February 22, 2004

Literature:

Chenglan shi Gu Yuan Cui Lu, Shao Songnian, vol. 8

Provenance:

Kaikodo Journal, Spring 1996, no. 23, pp. 50-53