Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
30.5 x 411 cm (12 x 161 3/4 in.)
With signature: Qiu Ying Shifu
With seals: Shi Zhou, Qiu Ying Zhi Yin
Six collectors' seals, including:
Fang Guancheng (1698-1768): Fang Guan Cheng Cang;
Ying Bao (18th-19th entury): Tie Ling Ying Qi Zi Ji Yun Hao Lan Bo Bao Cang Shu Hua Zhi Zhang;
Li Jiafu (1829-1894): Shi Men Li Jia Fu Sheng Yu Yin (on mounting);
Shen Wei (1862-1945): Xiu Shui Shen Wei Jian Cang Jin Shi SHu Hua Yin, Chen Shen Wei Yin, Dui Ce Di Wu
Note:
1. For brief biographies of Fang Guancheng and ying Bo, see Zhongguo Meishujia RenminG Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, pp. 50 and 1206-07 respectively
2. For biref biography of Shen Wei, see Zhongguo Jinxiandai Renwu Minghao Dacidian, Zhejiang Guji Chubanshe, 1993, p.408
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