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ZHENG ZHONG (ACTIVE CIRCA 1612-1648)
EIGHTEEN LOHANS
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
29.2 x 357 cm. (11 1/2 x 140 1/2 in.)
Signed: Zheng Zhong, with two seals of the artist: Zhong, Jiang Dong Xue Ren
Dated renzi year of the Wanli era (1612)
Three collectors' seals including:
Dai Zhi (19th century): Run Zhou Dai Zhi Ping Sheng Zhen Shang, Gu Run Dai Pei Zhi Shou Cang Shu Hua Si Yin; and
Yong An Shen Shi Cang Shu Hua Yin
Note:
Zheng Zhong, sobriquet names Qianli and Wuzhu, was a native of Anhui and he lived in Nanjing. He was particularly good at painting buddhist figures and always cleansed himself before picking up a brush to paint. Ding Yunpeng (1547-after 1628) considered Zheng to be second only to Zhao Boju (1120-1182) in skill. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.1388
EIGHTEEN LOHANS
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
29.2 x 357 cm. (11 1/2 x 140 1/2 in.)
Signed: Zheng Zhong, with two seals of the artist: Zhong, Jiang Dong Xue Ren
Dated renzi year of the Wanli era (1612)
Three collectors' seals including:
Dai Zhi (19th century): Run Zhou Dai Zhi Ping Sheng Zhen Shang, Gu Run Dai Pei Zhi Shou Cang Shu Hua Si Yin; and
Yong An Shen Shi Cang Shu Hua Yin
Note:
Zheng Zhong, sobriquet names Qianli and Wuzhu, was a native of Anhui and he lived in Nanjing. He was particularly good at painting buddhist figures and always cleansed himself before picking up a brush to paint. Ding Yunpeng (1547-after 1628) considered Zheng to be second only to Zhao Boju (1120-1182) in skill. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.1388