Lot 1079: SHAO MI (CIRCA 1596-1642)

LANDSCAPE

Handscroll, ink and colour on silk
21.6 x 250 cm (8 1/2 x 98 1/3 in.)
One collector's seal
Colophons at the end of the scroll by contemporaries of the artist, Fang Xia (16th-17th century), Yang Bu (1598-1657), Wang Xian (1591-?), Jin Junming (1602-1675). All colophons describes this scroll as painted by Shao Mi for his friend Shi Zhongxing
A further eight colophons by Weng Fanggang (1733-1818), including one of the epitaph for Shao Mi composed by Wu Weiye (1609-1671)
One colophon by each of Song Baochun (1748-after 1817) and Zhang Weiping (1780-1859)

Notes:
1.Previously in the collection of Li Yanshan (1898-1961)
2.For a brief biography of Fang Xia, see Zhongguo Lidai Renming Dacidian, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1999, p.308
3.Brief biographies of Yang Bu, Wang Xian and Jin Junming to be found in Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, pp.1195, 86 and 554 respectively

Literature:
Li Yenshan: His Paintings, Calligraphy and Poems, Oriental Culture Publishers, Hong Kong, 1974, pp.248-255

(US$10,300-12,900)