Anonymous (13th century), Chinese
“Five Geese by Reeds”
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
140 x 73.5 cm. (55 x 29 in.)
Published under the name Sheng Mou in Shina Kacho Gasatsu (Kyoto: Benrido, 1926), pl. 37.
White Marble Buddhist Votive Stele
Height: 37.6 cm. (14 7/8 in.)
Western Wei dynasty
Dated by inscription to 537 A.D.
Recent provenance: Japan
Celadon Yue Spirit Jar Hunping
Height: 42.2 cm. (16 1/2 in.)
Diameter: 28 cm. (11 in.)
Late Western Jin dynasty
Early 4th century A.D.
Recent provenance: a Japanese collection
Dai Li (paintings dated 1735-1753)
“Flowers” 1753
Album of 8 leaves, ink and color on paper
21 x 27 cm. (8 1/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
Artist’s seals:
Shouzhou; Shiping; Liyin; Dai Li; Caolu; Dai; Li; Yifeng daoren; Shiping; Xiaodi tanqing
Collectors’ seals:
Wenxin shending: Mengquan shuwu shoucang jinshi shuhua zhizhang; Jingmen wangshi shoucan zhizhang
Published:
Suzuki Kei, ed.: Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Paintings (Tokyo, 1983), vol. 4, pp. 198-199, no. JP7-064.
(See inscriptions below)
Gumei (early 17th century)
愚明
“Mazu and Three Elders Enjoying the Moon”
馬祖三老甑月圖
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
114.1 x 47.3 cm. (45 x 18 5/8 in.)
Artist’s seal:
Gumei
Colophon:
“When Patriarch Ma was enjoying the moon he asked: ‘What ought we to do at this moment?’
Baizhang replied: ‘We should nourish our (spiritual) selves;’ Xitang said: ‘We should cultivate our morality;’ Nanquan shook his sleeves (in disagreement) and left. Patriarch (Ma) then said: ‘The sutras can be placed in the storehouse and Chan practices returned across the sea (to India). Then there is only Puyuan (‘Universal Resolve,’ the personal name of Nanquan), there is only Puyuan.’ Kyoshi (‘Old Man in Retirement’).”
Box inscription:
[Transcribed and translated below.]
Published:
– Kawai Masatomo: Yūshō/Tōgan, Nihon Bijutsu Kaiga Zenshū, vol, 11, Tokyo, 1978, pl. 22, p. 110.
– Kaikodo Journal XXIII (Spring 2007) no. 35.
Earthenware Camel with Foreign Rider
Height: 28.5 cm. (11 1/4 in.)
Length: 22.8 cm. (9 in.)
Northern Wei dynasty
2nd quarter 6th century A.D.
Cho Gessho (1772-1832)
“Viewing Waterfalls from Pavilion”
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
33 x 55.2 cm. (12 1/8 x 21 1/2 in.)
Inscription:
“Gessho”
Artist’s seal:
Yukisada
Colophon:
“Grass and thatch bar both sun and moon,
Sleeping and eating differ from Heaven and Earth;
Massed trees number more than a thousand,
Cascading springs diffuse in many paths.”
Signature, illegible, and two seals of the writer.
Henan Temmoku Jar with Rust-Colored Decor
Jin dynasty
Late 12th-early 13 century
Height: 22.0 cm. (8 3/4 in.)
Width: 28.5 cm. (11 1/4 in.)