Chen Ziqing [Ch’en Tzu ch’ing] 陳子清
(1811-1889)

“Mountains in Rain” 1868
雨山図

Hanging scroll, ink and color on gold-speckled paper
127.0 x 51.5 cm. (50 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.)

Inscription:
“Mountain rain sprinkles the valley groves,
a lonely village sits within the wet clouds;
the mountain’s shadow enters in a slight haze,
at the valley’s entrance evening mist arises.

During the ninth lunar month, autumn of the seventh year of the Tongzhi reign-era, painted in response to a request from Kongshou. Chen Ziqing, the Daoist of the Jade Container.”

Artist’s seal:
Yuhu (“Jade Container”)