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YUN SHOUPING (1633-1690)
HUNDRED FLOWERS IN THE STYLE OF XU CHONGSI (LATE 10TH CENTURY)
Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
33 x 803 cm. (13 x 316 1/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed: Yun Shouping ni Xu Chongsi fa (Yun Shouping painting in the style of Xu Chongsi)
One seal of the artist: Shou Ping
Dated spring, bingwu year of the Kangxi era (1666)
Thirteen colophons at the end of the scroll, including one by each of: Weng Fanggang (1733-1818), Mian Yi (Prince Rong, ?-1814), Li Zonghan (19th century), Yuan Tiangeng (19th century), Wen Hua, Sun Yuding, Liuqiao, Chen Feng, Shouqi, Bao Xi (?-1930?), Xu Zhishan, Xu Zonghao (1880-1957), and Pu Ru (1896-1963)
Frontispiece by Yuan Lizhun (?-1930?)
Twenty-seven collectors' seals, including:
Gui Heng (early 19th century), three seals;
Ye Menglong (1771-1832), five seals;
Wanyan Jingxian (19th century), thirteen seals;
and one each of Wu Rongguang (1773-1843), Weng Fanggang (1733-1818), Weng Tonghe (1830-1904), Yi Bingshou (1754-1815), and Li Zuoxian (1807-1876)
Inner titleslip by Ye Menglong
Titleslip by Yuan Tiangeng
HUNDRED FLOWERS IN THE STYLE OF XU CHONGSI (LATE 10TH CENTURY)
Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
33 x 803 cm. (13 x 316 1/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed: Yun Shouping ni Xu Chongsi fa (Yun Shouping painting in the style of Xu Chongsi)
One seal of the artist: Shou Ping
Dated spring, bingwu year of the Kangxi era (1666)
Thirteen colophons at the end of the scroll, including one by each of: Weng Fanggang (1733-1818), Mian Yi (Prince Rong, ?-1814), Li Zonghan (19th century), Yuan Tiangeng (19th century), Wen Hua, Sun Yuding, Liuqiao, Chen Feng, Shouqi, Bao Xi (?-1930?), Xu Zhishan, Xu Zonghao (1880-1957), and Pu Ru (1896-1963)
Frontispiece by Yuan Lizhun (?-1930?)
Twenty-seven collectors' seals, including:
Gui Heng (early 19th century), three seals;
Ye Menglong (1771-1832), five seals;
Wanyan Jingxian (19th century), thirteen seals;
and one each of Wu Rongguang (1773-1843), Weng Fanggang (1733-1818), Weng Tonghe (1830-1904), Yi Bingshou (1754-1815), and Li Zuoxian (1807-1876)
Inner titleslip by Ye Menglong
Titleslip by Yuan Tiangeng
Literature
So Gen Ming Sing Mei-ga-tai-ken, Tokyo, Japan, 1931, p.266
The Pageant of Chinese Paintings, The Otsuka-Kogeisha, Japan, 1936, p.78