Lot 8096: attributed to Qian Gu (1508-1578/87) Chinese Art from the Scholar's Studio

Ode to the Red Cliff Horizontal handscroll, ink and color on paper, bearing a signature reading Qian Gu with one seal reading Qian shi, with three collectors' seals on the painting, including one of Wang Zhen (1867-1938) reading Yiting dali and one reading Zeng zai fang zengyuan jia; with a frontispiece and colophon by Wu Changshuo (1844-1927) ink on paper, titled in seal script followed by the colophon in running script, dated guichou xia qi yue (1913, summer, seventh month) signed Wu Changshuo Laofou with one calligrapher's seal; mounted together with calligraphy in running script signed Wen Peng (1498-1573), the text comprising the Qianchibi fu (Former Ode to the Red Cliff) signed Sanqiao Wen Peng with two calligrapher's seals reading Wen Shoucheng yin and Wen Peng zhiyin, with two collector's seals on the calligraphy; with an outer title slip by Wang Zhen (1867-1938) signed Bailongshanren with a calligrapher's seal Yiting. 11 1/8 x 69 1/2in (28.2 x 176.5cm), the painting only; 11 1/4 x 45 1/2in (28.5 x 115.5cm) the frontispiece; 11 1/8 x 100in (28.2 x 254cm) the calligraphy

28.2 x 176.5cm

: Acquired in Tokyo, late 1950's

(傳) 錢谷 赤壁賦 設色紙本 手卷 Qian Gu, a student of Wen Zhengming (1470–1559), was a native of Changzhou, in Jiangsu province and is noted for his intimate landscapes in ink and light color, often in fan and hand scroll formats.