Chinese Paintings from the Kaikodo Collection - Hong Kong 2017

Wen Shun (1764-1808) 渴純

Ascending the Heights at Shiwu 1802 石屋登高図

Handscroll, ink & color on paper
34.2 x 140 cm. (13 1/2 x 55 1/8 in.)

Title slip:
By Wen Shun, the artist

Artist’s seals:
Shun chi yinxin; Chunmei; Zhongliegong wushi congsun

Collector’s seal (of famous Cantonese collector Deng Cangwu):
Deng shi cangwu jiancang

Zhang Xiang [Chang Hsiang] (b.1741?) 張湘

Visiting a Friend at Peach-blossom Stream 1805 (?)
桃花苑圖

Hanging scroll, ink & color on paper
93.0 x 43.8 cm. (36 5/8 x 17 1/4 in.)

Inscription:
“Beneath the mountains a spring river flows in
abundance,
the river wends and the mountains encircle, separating
Penglai;
The boat travels as though hearing the chickens and
dogs,
at times peach blossoms appear along the sides of the
gorge.
During middle of winter of the year 1805 (?), I painted
this for the pure pleasure of my cousin Zheng Shuxian.
Zhang Xiang, called Liuhu, at the age of sixty-five.”

Artist’s seal:
Zhang Xiang

Zhai Jichang [Chai Chi-chang] (1770-1820) 翟継昌

Landscapes and Flowers 山水花圖

Album of 8 leaves, ink, ink and color on paper
Each 19.7 x 29.6 cm. (7 3/4 x 11 5/8 in.)

Li Yao (late 18th-19th c.) 李瑤

Landscapes 1821 山水圖

Album of 10 leaves, ink, ink & color on paper
24.1 x 29.9 cm. (9 1/2 x 11 1/2in.)

Inscriptions:
Each leaf inscribed, signed, and sealed by the artist; one leaf dated to the year 1821 during the Daoguang era.

Xie Lansheng [Hsieh Lan-sheng] (1760-1831) 謝蘭生

Landscapes after Old Masters 1830 倣古家山水圖

Album of 12 leaves, ink only, ink & color on paper
31.8 x 23.5 cm. (12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions:
Each leaf signed and sealed by the artist with two dated to the year 1830; dedicated by the artist to Yan Shipu (active 1780s-1830s).

Colophons:
Facing leaves with poems by artists of the period, including Xiong Jingsheng (active around 1816).

Tang Yifen [T’ang I-fen] (1778-1853)
湯貽汾

Landscape of Solitude 1832 山水圖

Hanging scroll, ink & color on paper
105.0 x 28.0 cm. (41 3/8 x 11 in.)

Inscription:
“The crane’s path is lost in snowy trees,
Su’s stele is hidden by tangled vines;
One doesn’t meet the hermit of the groves,
but rather greets the old plum blossoms.

Last night I plucked the lute three times,
and in solitude drew a single river bank;
How to know if the poetic conception was good?
Today I came to your house.

In the ninth lunar month of the year 1832, submitted for the judgement of third elder brother, Master Kangfu, by Tang Yifen.”

Artist’s seal:
Yousheng shihua (“Poetry and Painting by Yousheng”)

Ji Fen [Chi Fen] (1783-1846) 計芬

Thousand-year Old Tree 古橱千年圖

Hanging scroll, ink & color on paper
135.0 x 33.0 cm. (53 1/8 x 13 in.)

Inscription:
“Lowering the brush from left to right
one should use military methods; Ink
flying and brush in position.
the (?) phoenix soars.

With the picture finished I sigh at length,
if only I were within the mountains;
To old trees of a thousand years,
I would then swear allegiance.

Done after a theme of the Plum Blossom
Daoist (Wu Zhen) by Ji Fen, called Lianye,
Yenzhu (`Master of the Lotus-leaf Inkstone’).”

Artist’s seal:
Xiaoyou; Lianyeyanzhai

Tang Shishu [T’ang Shih-shu] (1831-1902) 湯世樹

Flowers 1876 花圖

Album of 12 leaves, ink & color on silk
29.0 x 29.0 cm. (11 3/8 x 11 3/8 in.)

Inscription:
“Three days before the beginning of spring of the year 1876 during the Guangxu reign era, Tang Shishu
of Southern Lanling painted this at White-cloud Stream.”

Artist’s seals:
Chunyoulou zhuren (“Masters of the Spring Rain Tower”); Tang Shishu; Zhunzhi; Tang Zhunzhi; Zhunzhi shuhua; Shishu