LOT DETAILS

Materials:

ink on paper, handscroll

Measurements:

5.75 in. (14.61 cm.) (height) by 136.62 in. (347.03 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Jianjiang, with three seals of the artist, hong ren, yi pian bin xin and ji zhui. Titleslip by Cheng Lingsun, signed Lingsun. Frontispiece by Xu Heng, signed Xu Heng, with two seals, xu heng, sheng qiu. Colophons by Xu Heng, dated yimao 1939, the first lunar month, signed Tongzhou ren Xu Heng, with five seals, xu heng 2, xu heng, sheng qiu, xu shi sheng qiu; and Wang Lüben, signed Jiuyou, and with three seals, zi cheng yi jia, yi nai fu, jiu you

Literature:

The Jade Studio: Masterpieces of Ming and Qing Painting and Calligraphy from the Wong Nan-Ping Collection, written and edited by Richard M. Barnhart et al, New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, 1994, pp. 157-159, pl. 41  

Provenance:

Previously in the collection of Wang Nanping (Wong Nan-Ping, 1924-1985, Jade Studio); Private American collection