LIU SONGNIAN (ATTRIBUTED TO, 12TH-13TH CENTURY)
LANDSCAPE IN SNOW
Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
22.5 x 142 cm (8 7/8 x 55 7/8 in.)
With signature: Liu Songnian
Twenty-three collectors' seals
Colophon at the end of the scroll by Wen Zhengming, writing Ode to Snow by Xie Huilian in small standard script calligraphy
Signed by the artist: Wen Zhengming, dated jiawu year (1534), with one seal: Zheng Ming. Colophon describing this scroll as belonging to his friend Hua Yun (1488-1560)
Three collectors' seals
Inscription by Wu Rongguang (1773-1843), dated sixth year of the Daoguang era (1826), signed, with one seal
Frontispiece by Yi Bingshou (1754-1815), dated xinwei year of the Jiaqing era (1811), signed, with three seals
Lot Essay
(US$38,700-51,600)
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