The Immortal Past

Ch’iu Yueh (active mid-17th century)
丘岳

“Landscapes in Old Styles” 1651

Album of 12 leaves, ink, ink and color on silk
21 x 16.8 cm. (8 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.)

Artist’s seals:
Yueh; __Hsin-chih; Ch’iu Yueh chih-yin; tzu Ch’ing-ku

Collectors seals:
Ts’eng Tu-yuan chia, and two others

Ling Wan (later 17th century)
凌畹

“Bamboo and Rocks”

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
152.6 x 57.9 cm. (60 1/8 x 22 3/4 in.)

Inscription:
“Ling Wan, called Mei-shan, imitated Mei Tao-jen’s (Wu Chen) brushwork for Old master Bing.”

Artist’s seals:
Mo-ch’ih feng-yun (“Wind and rain in the pond of ink (ie. the inkstone)”); Ling Wan chih-yin

Ts’ao Yueh (paintings dated 1657 to 1676)
曹岳

“Fisherman on Autumn River, after Chu-jan” 1668

Hanging scroll, ink on satin
147.3 x 51 cm. (58 x 20 1/8 in.)

Inscription:
“During early autumn of the year 1668, I followed the brush conception of Chu-jan (10th century) and presented this for the judgment of Old Master T’ien. Ts’ao Yueh, called Yen-ling.”

Artist’s seals:
Tz’u-yueh; Ts’ao Yueh

Collector’s seal:
Shou-p’u ts’ao-t’ang chen-ts’ang

Kung Hsien (1619-1689), attributed
傳龔賢

“Streams and Mountains without End”

Hanging scroll, ink on silk
200 x 55.7 cm. (79 x 21 7/8 in.)

Hsu Fang (1622-1694)
徐枋

“Visit to Mount Wu”

Hanging scroll, ink on silk
172 x 48.4 cm. (67 3/4 x 19 1/8 in.)

Artist’s seals:
Hsu Fang chih-yin; Ssu-chai; Ch’in-yu shan-jen; Li-shan li-shui; Chu-i-t’ang yin; Hsu Po-ch’eng Ssu-chai hua-chi; Hsueh-ch’uang An

Collector’s seals:
Ts’ang-wu yen-fu; Ts’ang-wu shen-ting; Ch’uan-ts’ang Yen-lou; Teng Ts’ang-wu

Yu Chih-ting (1647-ca. 1713)
禹之鼎

“Portrait of Chu I-tsun (1629-1709)”

Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
78 x 42 cm. (30 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.)

Inscription:
“I painted this portrait for Old Master Chu-ch’a (Chu I-tsun). Yu Chih-ting from Kuang-ling.”

Artist’s seal:
Yu Chih-ting

Collector’s seal:
Kuo-shih chen-ts’ang (“Collected by Master Kuo”)

Ts’ao Chien (paintings dated 1703-1719)
曹澗

“Landscapes in Old Styles”

Album of 12 leaves, ink and color on paper
21.9 x 27.8 cm. (8 5/8 x 11 in.)

Inscription:
“Twelve leaves in emulation of the ancients, by T’ing-shan-tzu (‘He who listens to the mountains’), Ts’ao Chien.”

Artist’s seals:
Chien; Ts’ao Chien chih-yin; T’ing-shan-tzu

Ts’ao K’uei-yin (active ca. 1750)
曹夔音

“Dwellings in the Mountains”
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
186.8 x 51.4 cm. (73 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.)

Inscription:
“Respectfully painted by your servitor, Ts’ao K’uei-yin.”

Artist’s seals:
Ch’en Ts’ao K’uei-yin (“Your servitor, Ts’ao K’uei-yin“); Gung-hua (“Respectfully painted”)

Collector’s seal:
__Kao-shih chien-ts’ang shu-hua yin