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WANG JIAN (1598-1677)
LANDSCAPES AFTER ANCIENT MASTERS
Album of ten leaves, ink or ink and colour on paper
Each leaf measures 23.2 x 15.2 cm. (9 1/8 x 6 in.)
Each leaf inscribed with the name of the ancient master whose style is followed
Last leaf signed: Wang Jian, and dated a summer's day, xinhai year (1671)
Each leaf with one seal of the artist: Jian
Dedicated to Dianweng
Colophons at the end of the album by each of:
1. Huang Yue (1750-1841), signed and dated twelfth month, jiawu year (1834), with one seal.
Three collectors' seals including: Cai Shisong (20th century): You Shi Xin Shang, Shi Song Yin Xin; and Gu Mei Du Guo
2. Ding Foyan (1878-1930), signed and dated fourth month, guihai year (1923), with one seal
Ding's colophon records that this album was in the collection of Li Zuoxian (1807-1876), when more colophons were attached to the end. When Ding saw this album, only the colophon by Huang Yue is left, and the album was in the collection of Zhang Qin (1861-1949).
Note:
For brief biographies of Li Zuoxian, Huang Yue, Ding Foyan, and Zhang Qin, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, pp.359, 1159, 2, and 924 respectively.
LANDSCAPES AFTER ANCIENT MASTERS
Album of ten leaves, ink or ink and colour on paper
Each leaf measures 23.2 x 15.2 cm. (9 1/8 x 6 in.)
Each leaf inscribed with the name of the ancient master whose style is followed
Last leaf signed: Wang Jian, and dated a summer's day, xinhai year (1671)
Each leaf with one seal of the artist: Jian
Dedicated to Dianweng
Colophons at the end of the album by each of:
1. Huang Yue (1750-1841), signed and dated twelfth month, jiawu year (1834), with one seal.
Three collectors' seals including: Cai Shisong (20th century): You Shi Xin Shang, Shi Song Yin Xin; and Gu Mei Du Guo
2. Ding Foyan (1878-1930), signed and dated fourth month, guihai year (1923), with one seal
Ding's colophon records that this album was in the collection of Li Zuoxian (1807-1876), when more colophons were attached to the end. When Ding saw this album, only the colophon by Huang Yue is left, and the album was in the collection of Zhang Qin (1861-1949).
Note:
For brief biographies of Li Zuoxian, Huang Yue, Ding Foyan, and Zhang Qin, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, pp.359, 1159, 2, and 924 respectively.
Literature
Li Zuoxing, Shuhua Jianyin (Shades of Authentication - Paintings and Calligraphy), juan (chapter) 16, pp.26-27