Hanging scroll, ink on paper
24.5 x 24 cm. (9 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Four collectors' seals: Nan Gong Miao Yi; Nong Shan Shi (Gong Erduo, 19th - 20th century); Xue Pu Zhen Shang; Deng Bang Jing Guang
Literature
Toan-zo shogafu (Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy in the To'an Collection), Hakubundo, Osaka, 1928, Paintings section, no.13
Zheng Zhenduo, Yuwai Suo'cang Zhongguo Guhuaji, n.d., Vol.5, Yuan Paintings, Part 2, p.33
Note:
This painting is one leaf from an album of eight leaves, previously attributed to Wu Zhen. The frontispiece of the album with title in clerical script calligraphy (lishu) was written by Xu Shupi (17th century). Each leaf has an inscription or a collector's seal of Gong Erduo
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(US$6,000-8,000)
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