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CHEN ZHUO (17TH CENTURY)
TRAVELLING IN THE MOUNTAINS
Hanging scroll, ink and colour with gold on silk
161.3 x 71.5 cm (63 1/2 x 28 1/8 in.)
Signed: Chen Zhuo, and dated in the jiashen year (1644)
Two seals of the artist: Chen Zhuo, Zi Zhong Li
Seven collectors' seals, including:
Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795): Qian Long Yu Lang Zhi Bao, Qian Long Jian Shang, Yi Zi Sun, San Xi Tang Jing Jian Xi;
Emperor Jiaqing (r. 1796-1820): Jia Qing Yu Lang Zhi Bao;
Emperor Xuantong (r. 1909-1911): Wu Yi Zhai Jing Jian Xi; and
[illegible] Jian Shang
Inscription on the mounting by Liang Huasheng, dated eighteenth day, seventh month, thirty-fifth year (of the Republic, 1946), dedicating this painting to Mr. Thistleton
Note:
1. For brief biography of Chen Zhuo, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Chubanshe, 1981, p. 1003
2. Mr. Sidney D. Thistleton (1919-2003) worked in the Department of Treasury in Australia before the Second World War, and was commissioned as an Royal Australian Air Force pilot in 1942. In 1945, Mr. Thistleton was employed by the United Nations and worked in Manchuria until 1947. This scroll was a gift to Mr. Thistleton before he left China.
3. Liang Husheng, a native of Guangdong, was an official in the Guomindang. He led the New Army No. 1 and No. 71, and was appointed to head the local government of Jilin Province towards the end of the 2nd World War. He left for Taiwan with the Guomindang in 1949.
TRAVELLING IN THE MOUNTAINS
Hanging scroll, ink and colour with gold on silk
161.3 x 71.5 cm (63 1/2 x 28 1/8 in.)
Signed: Chen Zhuo, and dated in the jiashen year (1644)
Two seals of the artist: Chen Zhuo, Zi Zhong Li
Seven collectors' seals, including:
Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795): Qian Long Yu Lang Zhi Bao, Qian Long Jian Shang, Yi Zi Sun, San Xi Tang Jing Jian Xi;
Emperor Jiaqing (r. 1796-1820): Jia Qing Yu Lang Zhi Bao;
Emperor Xuantong (r. 1909-1911): Wu Yi Zhai Jing Jian Xi; and
[illegible] Jian Shang
Inscription on the mounting by Liang Huasheng, dated eighteenth day, seventh month, thirty-fifth year (of the Republic, 1946), dedicating this painting to Mr. Thistleton
Note:
1. For brief biography of Chen Zhuo, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Chubanshe, 1981, p. 1003
2. Mr. Sidney D. Thistleton (1919-2003) worked in the Department of Treasury in Australia before the Second World War, and was commissioned as an Royal Australian Air Force pilot in 1942. In 1945, Mr. Thistleton was employed by the United Nations and worked in Manchuria until 1947. This scroll was a gift to Mr. Thistleton before he left China.
3. Liang Husheng, a native of Guangdong, was an official in the Guomindang. He led the New Army No. 1 and No. 71, and was appointed to head the local government of Jilin Province towards the end of the 2nd World War. He left for Taiwan with the Guomindang in 1949.
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Please note that this painting was dated in 1704.