Lot Essay
(US$51,600-64,500)
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WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
RAIN OVER THE SUMMER HILLS
Hanging scroll, ink and light colours on paper
58.5 x 28.3 cm. (23 x 11 1/8 in.)
Poetic inscription on the painting by the artist, signed: Zhengming
One seal of the artist: Wen Zheng Ming Yin
Dated bingzi year (1516)
Four collectors' seals, including:
Yuan Jiong (16th century): Yuan Shang Zhi Yin;
An Qi (1683 - ?): An Yi Zhou Jia Zhen Cang; and
Mei Qiao Shi Zhen Cang, Zhi [illegible] Shan Ren Zheng Jian Ji
With a separate handscroll of colophons by various Japanese collectors With a fitted jichi mu box in the shape of bamboo, with the painting's title inlaid in mother-of-pearl
RAIN OVER THE SUMMER HILLS
Hanging scroll, ink and light colours on paper
58.5 x 28.3 cm. (23 x 11 1/8 in.)
Poetic inscription on the painting by the artist, signed: Zhengming
One seal of the artist: Wen Zheng Ming Yin
Dated bingzi year (1516)
Four collectors' seals, including:
Yuan Jiong (16th century): Yuan Shang Zhi Yin;
An Qi (1683 - ?): An Yi Zhou Jia Zhen Cang; and
Mei Qiao Shi Zhen Cang, Zhi [illegible] Shan Ren Zheng Jian Ji
With a separate handscroll of colophons by various Japanese collectors With a fitted jichi mu box in the shape of bamboo, with the painting's title inlaid in mother-of-pearl