River of Stars

Puguang [P’ū kuang] 晋光

(active early 14th century)

“Searching for Plum-blossoms”
探梅図

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
138.0 x 73.5 cm. (54 3/8 x 29 in.)

Artist’s seal:
Xuean (Hsueh-an)

Anonymous (12th-13th century) 無款

“Three Ducks on Riverbank”
水汀 鴨 図

Hanging scroll, ink on silk
158.0 x 92.8 cm. (62 1/4 x 36 5/8 in.)

Inscription:
“Pictured and painting in the presence of the Emperor, painted by ______.”

Artist’s seal:
One, illegible

Anonymous (13th-14th c.)
無款

“Winter Landscape”
冬景図

Hanging scroll, ink on silk
86.0 x 47.5 cm. (33 7/8 x 18 3/4 in.)

Fang Congyi [Fang Ts’ung-i] 傅方従義

(ca. 1300-1379), attributed

“Mountains in Clouds”
雲山図

Fan painting, ink and color on silk
26.7 x 25.5 cm. (10 1/2 x 10 in.)

Recent provenance:
Ch’eng Ch’i, Tokyo

Anonymous (14th century)
無款

“The Fourth Lohan”
第四羅漢図

Hanging scroll, ink on silk
118.2 x 44.2 cm. (46 1/2 x 17 3/8 in.)

Inscription:
“The Fourth Lohan, Supintuo (Su-p’in-t’o) (Subhinda).”

Published:
Suzuki Kei: Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Paintings (Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1983), vol. 4, JP14-011, p. 256.

Recent provenance:
Eda, Tokyo

Ye Shuangshi [Yeh Shuang-shih] 葉雙石
(later 15th-16th century)

“Silver Pheasants under Spring Blossoms”
春花白鷴図

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
287.5 x 142.5 cm. (113 1/4 x 56 1/8 in.)

Inscription:
“Shuangshi.”

Artist’s seal:
Siming Ye Shuangshi yin

Anonymous 無款　十六世紀
(16th c.)

“Lin Bu with Crane” 林逋
“Li Bo Chanting” 李白

Pair of hanging scrolls, each ink on silk
Each 107.9 x 49.5 cm. (49 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)

Zhang Yuanfeng [Chang Yuan-feng] 張元鳳
(early 16th century)

“Wang Xizhi Writing on a Fan”
王羲之题扇図

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
143.0 x 53.4 cm. (56 1/4 x 21 in.)

Inscription:
“Chifeng [Ch’i-feng].”

Artist’s seal:
Zhang Yuanfeng yin [Chang Yuan-feng yin]