Xi Gang (1746-1803)
奚岡    清晚朝

“Spring Rain on Apricot Blossoms”

Folding fan, ink and color on paper
16.5 x 54.5 cm. (6 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.)

Artist’s seal:
Xi Gang

Inscription:
“A little bit of spring mist, moist like a tavern flag,
the red of the apricot blossoms overwhelms the fence of bamboo;
Rain reaches everywhere, the river current is swift,
only the support hums of the knots,
established when it was young.
A poem and painting by Tiesheng for the connoisseurship of master elder brother Youcun.”

Collector seals:
Danzhong jingjian; Ermao xinshang