The Silent Season: Images of Winter in Chinese & Japanese Paintings

Anonymous (12th-14th century)
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Anonymous (12th-14th century)

“Winter at Villa on the River”

Hanging scroll, ink on silk
122.0 x 51.0 cm. (48 x 20 1/8 in.)

Collectors’ seals:
Chin-fu Shu-hua chih-yin; Ching-te-t’ang T’u-shu yin

(see write up below)

Liu Guandao [Liu Kuan-tao] (later 13th-14th century), attributed
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Liu Guandao [Liu Kuan-tao] (later 13th-14th century), attributed

“Snow Landscape” 1349

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
110.2 x 39.4 cm. (43 3/8 x 15 1/2 in.)

Inscription:
“During the sixth lunar month of the ninth year of the Chih-cheng reign-era, made by Liu Kuan-tao.”

Artist’s seals:
Kuan-tao; Chung-hsien fu

Collectors’ seals:
An Ch’i (2); Sun Ch’eng-tse (2); Fang Kung-hui (2); Hsiao Shou-min (2)

Recent provenance:
Hsiao Shou-min

Published:
S.M. Siu: Chung-kuo Ku-hua, B, pl. 77

(see write up below)

Ye Kuang [Yeh K’uang] (paintings dated 1597-1621)
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Ye Kuang [Yeh K’uang] (paintings dated 1597-1621)

“Fishing on Winter River”

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
147.6 x 76.1 cm. (58 x 30 in.)

Inscription:
“Yeh K’uang, called Chu-ch’ao.”

Artist’s seals:
Yeh K’uang chih yin; Chu-chu-ch’ao

(see write up below)

Cao Xi [Ts’ao Hsi] (paintings dated 1600 to 1637)
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Cao Xi [Ts’ao Hsi] (paintings dated 1600 to 1637)

“Wind and Snow at Pa 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 Pa River Bridge.’ On the 15th day of the 7th lunar month during autumn of the year 1636, painted by Ts’ao Hsi of Old Wu (Suchou) in the Feng-yun Pavilion on Great Buddha Peak at West Lake.”

Artist’s seals:
Two, illegible

(see write up below)

Lan Ying (1585-1652 or later)
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Lan Ying (1585-1652 or later)

“Fisherman on Snowy River, after Wang Wei” 1638

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
209.5 x 50.5 cm. (82 1/2 x 19 7/8 in.)

Inscription:
“This is the style of Wang Yu-ch’eng’s (Wang Wei) ‘Fisherman on Snowy River.’ Lan Ying followed his conception on the tenth day of the eighth lunar month, fall of the year 1638, at the House of Pure Spirit.”

Artist’s seals:
Lan Ying chih-yin; T’ien-shu

(see write up below)

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Qiu Yue [Ch’iu Yueh] (active mid-17th c.)

“Landscapes in Old Styles” 1651

Album of 12 leaves, ink, ink and color on silk
each 21.0 x 16.8 cm. (8 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions by artist::
Leaf 1. “In emulation of Huang Kung-wang.”
Leaf 2. “In emulation of Wang Meng.”
Leaf 3. “In emulation of Kao K’o-kung.”
Leaf 4. “In emulation of Chu-jan.”
Leaf 5. “In emulation of Sung K’o.”
Leaf 6. “In emulation of Wang Meng.”
Leaf 7. “In emulation of Chao Meng-fu.”
Leaf 8. “In emulation of Wu Chen.”
Leaf 9. “In emulation of Li T’ang.”
Leaf 10. “In emulation of Fang Ts’ung-i.”
Leaf 11. “In emulation of Ch’en Ju-yen.”
Leaf 12. “In emulation of Li Ch’eng.”
(Leaf 12 shown on left; others illustrated below)

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

(see write up below)

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