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DAI CANG (17TH CENTURY)
HOLDING A QIN AND HAVING THE WUTONG TREE WASHED - PORTRAIT OF WANG RUANTING (WANG SHIZHEN)
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
31.3 x 126 cm. (12 1/3 x 49 2/3 in.)
Twenty-one inscriptions on the painting, one each by:
Mei Geng (17th century, MC p.904);
Zhu Yizhuan (1629-1709);
Chen Xi;
Ni Can (1627-1688, MC p.655);
Dong Yu (17th century, LC p.2253);
Jia Shu;
Wang Wan (1624-1690, GJMR p.158);
Zha Shiji;
You Dan;
Xu Ye (circa 1617-1688, LC p.1931);
Ma Chong (MYM p.579);
Peng Sunyu (1631-1700, MC 1067);
Chen Yixi (1648-1709, MC p.1008);
Shi Runzhang (1618-1683, GJMR p.311);
Qin Songling (1637-1714, LC p.1822);
Chen Gongyi (1631-1700, MC p.1013);
Zhang Fazu;
Gao Yong (1622 - ?, MC p.785);
Shen Quan (1624 -1684, MC p.1150);
Yan Shengsun (1623-1702, MC p.1521);
Cao Erkan (1617-1693, MC p.900)
Thirty-four colophons, one each by:
Gao Zhang;
Dong Wenji (17th century, LC 2258);
Fang Gongqian (17th century, LC p.317);
Yuo Tong (1618-1704, MC p.28);
Zhou Lun (16th - 17th century, MC p.497);
Liu Tiren (1612-1677, LC p.1144);
Jiang Chenying (1628-1699, MC pp.580-81);
Yuan Yuling (1592 - circa 1674, MC 0.754);
Tang Yunjia (MYM pp.508-9);
Fang Wen (MYM pp.24-5);
Huang Yun (MYM p.860)
Yao Yisheng;
Sun Jiwie (1620-1687, MC p.788);
Ye Shuchong;
Cheng Sui (1605-1691, MC p.1105);
Wang Ji (1631-1699, MC p.456);
Mi Hanwen (17th century, MC p.242);
Du Jun (MYM p.324);
Fang Xiaobiao (1617 - ?, LC p.315);
Zhong Yuanding (1620-1698, MC p.509);
Jiang Chao (1624-1672, Mc p.1363);
Wu Yudui
He Shouci (1810-1891, MC p.1116);
[can Mr.Ma pls let us know if this is the right Chinese character] Shi Wu Changshuo (1844-1927);
Ko Nagao (20th century);
Lu Hui (1851-1920);
Cao Zenghan;
Li Xuangong (1880-1950, JR p.325);
Mao Guangsheng (1873-1959, JR p.666);
Ling Yanchi;
Qu Wanli (1907-1979, JR p.626);
Tai Jingnong (1902-1990);
Kong Decheng (born 1920, JR p.81)
Titleslip by Cheng Sui
Literature
Notes:
1. Ruanting is the sobriquet name of Wang Shizhen. For brief biography, see MC p.58. The present Lot and Lot 89 are both portraits of Wang.
2. For biography of Dai Cang, see MC p.1454.
Abbreviations:
MC : Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1982
LC : Zhongguo Lidai Renming Dacidian, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1991 MYM : Ming Yimin lu Huiji, Nanjing Daxue Chubanshe, 1995
JR : Zhongguo Jindai Renwu Minghao Dacidian, Zhejiang Guji Chubanshe, 1993
GJMR: Zhongguo Gujin Shuhua Mingren Dacidian, Tianjin Guji Chubanshe, 1998