Chinese Paintings from the Kaikodo Collection - Hong Kong 2017

Gao Fenghan [Kao Feng-han] (1683-1748) 高風翰

Day Lily by Garden Rocks 園石黄花菜
Hanging scroll, ink & color on paper
131.0 x 45.5 cm. (51 1/2 x 17 7/8 in.)

Inscription:
“Every household festoons itself in honor of the daylily hall (the mother),
among the various elegant ornaments this is the number one fragrance;
I hope that this fine flower will bloom for a hundred years,
so often come to this painting and help with a cup of wine.
Nanfu (Gao Fenghan) using his left hand.”

Artist’s seals:
Shizhinong (“Farmer of Stones”); Laofu

Recent provenance:
Jean-Pierre Dubosc, Kamakura

Cao Kuiyin [Ts’ao K’uei-yin] (active ca. 1750)
曹虁音

Dwellings in the Mountains 山居図

Hanging scroll, ink & color on paper
186.8 x 51.4 cm. (73 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.)

Inscription:
“Respectfully painted by your servitor, Cao Kuiyin.”

Artist’s seals:
Chen Cao Kuiyin (“Your servitor, Cao Kuiyin”); Gonghua (“Respectfully painted”)

Collector’s seal:
Gaoshi jiancang shuhua yin

Zheng Ming [Cheng Ming] (1680?-1745?) 程鳴

Landscape 山水圖

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
194.0 x 50.0 cm. (76 3/8 x 19 5/8 in.)

Inscription:
“Tall mountains rise in ranges of a myriad feet,
Screening out clouds red with dawn;
Seen from afar old pines stand out,
also portrayed are trees in groves.
Streams of water descend rocky peaks,
through stone gorges rush in water splashes;
In pure extremes one dislikes dangerous
heights,
and with affection gives thanks for facing
streams.
Gods and immortals in wonder uproot their
houses,
so this place is no longer without boundaries;
I only fault the precipitous stone steps,
but still remain dependent on the world.
(Cheng) Ming, called Songmen.”

Artist’s seals:
Houzuotang; Mingyin

Collector’s seal: Chen Xing zhenshang

Guan Xining [Kuan Hsi-ning] (1716-1785) 管希寧

Autumn Landscape 1765 秋 山水圖

Hanging scroll, ink & color on paper
107.0 x 22.3 cm. (42 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

Inscription:
“On the day before the winter examination of the year 1765 during the Qianlong reign-era, painted in emulation of Jiulong shanran (Wang Fu) by Guan Xining, called the Student from the Plains.”

Artist’s seal:
Youfu

Zhu Wenzhen (Chu Wen-chen) (1718?-1777?) 朱文震

Mid-autumn Landscape 1766 中秋山水

Hanging scroll, ink & color on paper
64.4 x 31.6 cm. (25 3/8 x 12 3/8 in.)

Inscription:
“During the mid-autumn month of the year 1766, painted by Zhu Wenzhen.”

Artist’s seals:
Zhu zhen zhiyin; Qinglei shuhua

Liang Ji [Liang Chi] (18th c.) 梁基

Landscape 山水

Hanging scroll, ink & color on satin
150.0 x 37.8 cm. (59 1/16 x 14 7/8 in.)

Inscription:
“Years ago I strove mightily for advancement,
shouldering books and sword I travelled the blue mountains.
My official career brought only discontent,
and for ten years I never smiled.
My old village is a thousand li distant,
in silence I live among cassia trees.
Coming and going are monkeys and deer,
and my brushwood gate is usually not closed.
Enclosing my house mountains rise up,
submerged shadows float in the river current.
Taking up a brush so as to draw my feelings,
these are exhibited during this clear leisurely day.
Keeping my eye on the autumnal blossoms as they fall,
the poetic soul alone is first to return.
Liang Ji from Suzhou painted and inscribed this.”

Artist’s seal:
Zhu’an

Huang Yuan (later 18th c.) 黃沅

Landscape after Huang Gongwang 倣黃公望山水圖

Hanging scroll, ink & color on paper
136.0 x 32.0 cm. (53 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)

Inscription:
“In emulation of Dachi laoren’s (Huang Gongwang) ‘Dwelling by Stream.’ Huang Yuan.”

Artist’s seals:
Huang Yuan zhiyin; Xiangnan

Collector’s seal:
One, illegible

Xu Wen [Hsu Wen] (later 18th-early 19th c.) 許文

Flowers, Birds, and Animals 花 鳥 獸圖

Album of 12 leaves, ink & color on silk
21.2 x 31.4 cm. (8 1/2 x 12 3/8 in.)

Collector’s seals:
Youyihuan fufu jianshang zhizhang; Shicui depengui jianbao zhiyin