Lot 1077: QIAN ZAI (1708-1793)

PLUM BLOSSOMS IN INK

Handscroll, ink on paper
Inscription on the painting by the artist, signed: [Ze]?shi Zai, with
three seals: Qian Zai, Hu Jun, Ze Shi Zhai
Dated twenty-sixth day, ninth month, guiwei year (1763)
Colophons following the painting by each of:
Qin Huang (18th-19th century, QSBZS p.475), Gu Guangxu (1731-1785,
ZMRC p.1535), Jiang Shiquan, 1725-1785, ZLRD p.2268), Ji Fuheng
(18th-19th century, ZMRC p.615), Dai Wendeng (18th-19th century, ZLRD
p.2560), Shao Sizhong (18th-19th century, QSBZS p. 341), Zhang Tan
(18th-19th century, QSBZS p.521), Qian Zai, Qian Daqin (1728-1804,
ZMRC p.1423), Wu Shengyin (1729-1803, ZMRC p.292), Cheng Jinfang
(1718-1784, ZLRC p.2314), Zhao Wenzhe (1725-1781, ZMRC p.1273), Zhu Jun (1729-1781, ZMRC p.221), Zhao Zhanruo, Chen Zhongshen (
), and Wang Quanshan (1849-?, ZJRD p. 32)

Note:
The first thirteen colophons all by contemporaries of Qian Zai, who
attended a party at his house admiring chrysanthemums, resulting in
Qian painting the flowers and his guests each composing the poem
recorded in this scroll.
QSSY - Qingren Shiming Biecheng Zihao Suoyin, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 2001
ZMRC - Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu
Chubanshe, 1981
ZLRD - Zhongguo Lidai Renming Dacidian, Zhejiang !K!K
ZJRD - Zhongguo Jinxindai Renwu Minghao Dacidian, Zhejiang Guji
Chubanshe, 1993

(US$7,700-10,300)