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Wen Dian [Wen Tien] (1633-1704)

“Reading on Autumn Embankment” 1683

Folding fan, ink on paper
16.5 x 47.5 cm. (6 1/2 x 18 2/3 in.)

Artist’s seal:
Wen Dian yin

Collector seals:
Wengshi zhenshang; Zijue guomu

Inscription:
“In the autumn wind the hairs of his head are cool,
sitting for long on the embankment is not difficult;
Beneath ten-thousand ranges of pure mountains, reading a single book,
disinclined to follow this generation, he would rather preserve his leisure.

During the Mid-autumn Festival (on the 15th of the 8th lunar month) of the year 1683, I inscribed this for presentation to second-elder brother Mingcai for his pleasure. Wen Dian.”

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