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Dai Benxiao (1621-1693), Chinese
“Lofty Recluse Amidst Streams and Mountains” 1680
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
180 x 45 cm. (70 7/8 x 17 3/4 in.)
Inscription:
“On the twenty-sixth day of the sixth lunar month of the year 1680, for the sixtieth birthday of Xuchuang (‘Window of Happiness’), I followed an earlier conception in doing this ‘Lofty Recluse Amidst Streams and Mountains’ and also inscribe it in his honor. Respectfully recorded by Benxiao, called Ying’a Shanqiao (‘Mountain Woodcutter of Ying’a’), his younger brother of the same birth year.”
Artist’s seals:
Benxiao; Ying’a shanqiao
Japanese box inscription:
Naito Konan (1866-1943)
Recent provenance:
Saito collection, Osaka
Published:
Toan-zo Shogafu (Osaka: Hakubundo, 1928), no. 41;
Harada Bizan: Nihon Genzai Shina Meiga Mokuroku (Tokyo, 1938), p. 272.