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ANONYMOUS (17TH CENTURY)
PORTRAIT OF WANG SHIZHEN (1634-1711)
Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
29.6 x 39 cm. (11 2/3 x 15 1/3 in.)
Five inscriptions on the painting, including:
Zhong Yuanding (1620-1698, MC p.509);
Yan Shengsun (1623-1702, MC p.1521);
Xu Ye (Circa 1617-1688, LC p.1931);
Qiu Sui;
You Tong (1618-1704, MC p.28)
Forty-six colophons at the end of the scroll, by each of:
Peng Sunyu (1631-1700, MC p.1067);
Fang Gongqian (17th century, LC p.317);
Gang Hengxian (17th century, LC p.316);
Cai Zhen;
Cheng Keze (1624-1673, LC p.2315);
Mao Xiang (1611-1693, MC p.577);
Xu Mi;
Cheng Zhengkui (1604-1676, MC p.1093);
Wu Jiaji (1618-1684, LC p.1071);
Qiu Xiangsheng (1629-1689, LC p.441);
Shen Quan (1624-1684, LC p.1150);
Ji Nanyang (MC p.645);
Gao Yong (1622 - ?, MC p.785);
Cao Erkan (1617-1679, MC p.900);
Zhu Ermai (1632-1693, LC p.599);
Zhou Lun (16th - 17th century, MC p.497);
Ye Fangai (1629-1682, LC p.404);
Zhu Kejian (1616-1693, LC p.563);
Lin Gudu (1580-1666, LC p.1447);
Yu Huai (1616 - ?, LC p.1102);
Du Jun (MYM p.324);
Liu Leiheng
Song Zhisheng (MYM p.241);
Shi Runzhang (1618-1683, LC p.1767);
Yuan Yuling (1592 - circa 1674, MC p.754);
Huang Chuanzu;
Lei Shijun;
Xu Xu (LC p.737);
Wang Maolin (1640-1688, LC p.1144);
Liu Tiren (1612-1677, LC p.678)
Wei Song;
Sun Jiwei (1620-1687, LC p.788);
Chen Yuqi (17th century, LC p.1368);
Xie Huairou (MC p.1473);
Gong Xian (1619-1689, MC p.1554);
Cheng Sui (1605-1691, MC p.1105);
Lu Qi (1614 - ?, LC p.1305);
Zhang Chen (LC, p.1233);
Zou Zhimo (LC p.1117);
Song Cao (LC p.1183);
Fang Wen (1612-1669, LC p.305);
Ji Yingzhong (1609-1671, LC p.765);
Mi Dasheng;
Song Wan (1614-1673);
Huang Yun (LC p.2061);
Wang Ji (1636-1699, MC p.456)
PORTRAIT OF WANG SHIZHEN (1634-1711)
Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
29.6 x 39 cm. (11 2/3 x 15 1/3 in.)
Five inscriptions on the painting, including:
Zhong Yuanding (1620-1698, MC p.509);
Yan Shengsun (1623-1702, MC p.1521);
Xu Ye (Circa 1617-1688, LC p.1931);
Qiu Sui;
You Tong (1618-1704, MC p.28)
Forty-six colophons at the end of the scroll, by each of:
Peng Sunyu (1631-1700, MC p.1067);
Fang Gongqian (17th century, LC p.317);
Gang Hengxian (17th century, LC p.316);
Cai Zhen;
Cheng Keze (1624-1673, LC p.2315);
Mao Xiang (1611-1693, MC p.577);
Xu Mi;
Cheng Zhengkui (1604-1676, MC p.1093);
Wu Jiaji (1618-1684, LC p.1071);
Qiu Xiangsheng (1629-1689, LC p.441);
Shen Quan (1624-1684, LC p.1150);
Ji Nanyang (MC p.645);
Gao Yong (1622 - ?, MC p.785);
Cao Erkan (1617-1679, MC p.900);
Zhu Ermai (1632-1693, LC p.599);
Zhou Lun (16th - 17th century, MC p.497);
Ye Fangai (1629-1682, LC p.404);
Zhu Kejian (1616-1693, LC p.563);
Lin Gudu (1580-1666, LC p.1447);
Yu Huai (1616 - ?, LC p.1102);
Du Jun (MYM p.324);
Liu Leiheng
Song Zhisheng (MYM p.241);
Shi Runzhang (1618-1683, LC p.1767);
Yuan Yuling (1592 - circa 1674, MC p.754);
Huang Chuanzu;
Lei Shijun;
Xu Xu (LC p.737);
Wang Maolin (1640-1688, LC p.1144);
Liu Tiren (1612-1677, LC p.678)
Wei Song;
Sun Jiwei (1620-1687, LC p.788);
Chen Yuqi (17th century, LC p.1368);
Xie Huairou (MC p.1473);
Gong Xian (1619-1689, MC p.1554);
Cheng Sui (1605-1691, MC p.1105);
Lu Qi (1614 - ?, LC p.1305);
Zhang Chen (LC, p.1233);
Zou Zhimo (LC p.1117);
Song Cao (LC p.1183);
Fang Wen (1612-1669, LC p.305);
Ji Yingzhong (1609-1671, LC p.765);
Mi Dasheng;
Song Wan (1614-1673);
Huang Yun (LC p.2061);
Wang Ji (1636-1699, MC p.456)
Literature
This portrait of Wang Shizhen, another portrait of whom is Lot 88 in this catalogue. For brief biography of Wang Shizhen, see MC p. 58.
All the colophons on the painting and following the painting are inscribed by contemporaries of Wang Shizhen, and the scroll is invaluable in offering a glimpse into the lives and friendship of this circle of scholars and officials of the early Qing period.
Abbreviations:
MC : Zhongguo Meishujia Renmin Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981
LC : Zhongguo Lidia Renmin Dacidian, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1991 MYM : Ming Yimin lu Huiji, Nanjing Daxue Chubanshe, 1995
All the colophons on the painting and following the painting are inscribed by contemporaries of Wang Shizhen, and the scroll is invaluable in offering a glimpse into the lives and friendship of this circle of scholars and officials of the early Qing period.
Abbreviations:
MC : Zhongguo Meishujia Renmin Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981
LC : Zhongguo Lidia Renmin Dacidian, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1991 MYM : Ming Yimin lu Huiji, Nanjing Daxue Chubanshe, 1995