Lot Essay
(US$19,400-25,800)
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ANONYMOUS (9TH-11TH CENTURY)
SUTRA, WITH AN ACCOMPANYING PAINTING OF IMMORTALS AND LOHANS BY MO SHILONG (?-1587)
Handscroll, ink or ink and colour on paper
Sutra measures 27 x 66.8 cm (10 5/8 x 26 ? in.)
Painting by Mo Shilong measures 21.2 x 197 cm (10 ? x 77 ? in.)
Sutra entitled at the end, and with five collectors' seals, including one of Mo Shilong, and three of Wnayan Jingxian (19th century)
Inscription on the mounting after the sutra by Wanyuan Jingxian, with two seals
Painting by Mo Shilong signed by the artist: Mo Yunqing Tinghan fu
Four seals of the artist: Yun Qing, Ting Han, Jing An, Mo Shi Long Yin Dated a summer's day, dingchou year of the Wanli era (1577)
Three collectors' seals, including two of Wanyan Jingxian
Colophons at the end of the scroll by each of Luo Zhenyu (1866-1940), Yuan Jinkai (1890-1947), Zheng xiaoxu (1860-1938), Shang Yanxing (1869-?0, and Chen Zengshou (1878-1949)
Frontispiece by Chen Zengshou
SUTRA, WITH AN ACCOMPANYING PAINTING OF IMMORTALS AND LOHANS BY MO SHILONG (?-1587)
Handscroll, ink or ink and colour on paper
Sutra measures 27 x 66.8 cm (10 5/8 x 26 ? in.)
Painting by Mo Shilong measures 21.2 x 197 cm (10 ? x 77 ? in.)
Sutra entitled at the end, and with five collectors' seals, including one of Mo Shilong, and three of Wnayan Jingxian (19th century)
Inscription on the mounting after the sutra by Wanyuan Jingxian, with two seals
Painting by Mo Shilong signed by the artist: Mo Yunqing Tinghan fu
Four seals of the artist: Yun Qing, Ting Han, Jing An, Mo Shi Long Yin Dated a summer's day, dingchou year of the Wanli era (1577)
Three collectors' seals, including two of Wanyan Jingxian
Colophons at the end of the scroll by each of Luo Zhenyu (1866-1940), Yuan Jinkai (1890-1947), Zheng xiaoxu (1860-1938), Shang Yanxing (1869-?0, and Chen Zengshou (1878-1949)
Frontispiece by Chen Zengshou