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Wang Xishou (active 17th c.)

“Summer Landscape” 1634

Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
118.0 x 48.0 cm. (46 1/2 x 18 1/8 in.)

Inscription:
“During the summer solstice of the year 1634 during the Chongzhen reign era, painted by Wang Xishou.”

Artist’s seals:
Wang Xishou yin; Fenfu fu

Colophon:
written on the mounting by Xu Bangda in 1998

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Zhang He (paintings dated 1618 to 1636)

“Autumn Colors at Jian’guan” 1635

Fan painting, ink and color on gold-flecked paper
24.0 x 50.0 cm. (9 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.)

Inscription:
“’Autumn Colors at Jian’guan (‘Sword Pass’).’ Painted during the 9th lunar month of the year 1575 by Zhang Fengyi.”

Artist’s seal:
Zhang Fengyi yin

Recent provenance:
Sherman Lee, Chapel Hill
Mayuyama & Co., Tokyo (1993)

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Cao Xi (paintings dated 1600 to 1637)

“Wind and Snow at Ba River Bridge” 1636

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
134.6 x 51.1 cm. (53 x 20 1/8 in.)

Inscription:
“’Wind and Snow at the Ba River Bridge.’ On the 15th day of the 7th lunar month during autumn of the year 1636, painted by Cao Xi of Old Wu (Suzhou) in the Fengyun Pavilion on Great Buddha Peak at West Lake.”

Artist’s seals:
Two, illegible

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Sheng Maoye (ca. 1580-ca. 1640)

“Landscape for Wenyuan” 1640

Fan painting mounted as hanging scroll, ink and color on gold-flecked paper
18.5 x 54.0 cm. (7 3/8 x 21 1/4 in.)

Inscription:
“During the 10th lunar month of the year 1640, painted for presentation to Wenyuan, my elder in poetry, by Sheng Maoye.”

Artist’s seal:
Yuhua

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Wu Jishan (1606-1644)

“Landscape after Mi Fu”

Hanging scroll, ink on silk
141.0 x 52.3 cm. (55 1/2 x 20 5/8 in.)

Inscription:
“Mi Haiyue (Fu) said that (the expression) ‘night rain about to clear, dawn mists not yet spread’ was the only sketchbook he used. Taking up Mi’s expression, I painted his conception. Wu Jishan.”

Artist’s seals:
Wu Jishan yin; Ziyue zhiyan

Published:
Suzuki Kei, editor: Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Paintings, volume 4, Tokyo, 1983, p. 191, JP7-047

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Wu Zhen (paintings dated 1609 to 1636)

“Savoring Nature”

Fan painting, ink and color on gold-sprinkled paper
17.6 x 48.0 cm. (7 x 19 in.)

Inscription:
“Wu Zhen.”

Artist’s seals:
Wu Zhen; Xuehong (“Snow Goose”)

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