Lot 952: FU SHAN (1607-1684)

FU SHAN (1607-1684) >Five-character Poems in Cursive Script<br>Hanging scroll >ink on flower-patterned satin<br>185.5 x 54 cm. (73 x 21 1/4 in.) >Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist<br>Dedicated to Yuweng >Colophon on the mounting by Xu Bangda (1911-2012), signed with two seals, dated yihai year (1995)<br>TRANSLATION OF THE POEM: >With one thin walking stick I travelled on a slippery trail,<br>Seeing purple roses and black birch trees all over mountains. >No clouds rising around cliffs, no birds flying over the hidden river, I passed some flower bushes wiping raindrops off my beard.<br>

Master Works of the Late Ming and Early Qing Period, Osaka, 25-27 May 2002.

Master Works of the Late Ming and Early Qing Period, Osaka, 2002, pl. 19.