Handscroll, ink and light colours on paper
46.8 x 523 cm. (18 1/3 x 205 2/3 in.)
A total of fourteen collectors' seals including:
Cai Yu (? - 1541): Cai Yu Zhi Yin;
Yao Shiyu (1695-1749): Yao Shi Yu Yin;
Pan Shicheng (19th century): De Ru, De Weng Mi Ji Shang Xin Zhi Pin;
Wu Yuanhui (19th century): Wu Yuan Hui Zi Liang Mou You Zi Li Quan Ping Shu Du Hua Yin; and
Guang Ping Jun Ji; Jiang Chang Gong; Nian Chun Mi Wan; Zi Yi Bao Wan; Yan Cheng Ye Yin; Pan Shi Xu Jun Zhen Cang Shu Hua Yin; Wu Yu Xing Yin; Zhi An; Yun Xian (on seams three times)
Three colophons at the end of the scroll by each of:
Zhou Qingyuan (17th - 18th century), dated in summer jiwei year (1679), with two seals
Cai Wenli, with one seal
Luo Zhenyu (1866-1940), dated in summer, jiwei year (1919), with one seal
Titleslip by Lu Hui (1851-1920), dated seventh month of jiayin year (1914), with two seals
Note:
For brief biographies of Zhou Qingyuan and Yao Shiyu, see Zhongguo Lidai Renming Dacidian, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1999, pp.1549 abd 1805 respectively
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