Lot 846: TANG YIFEN (1778-1853)

TANG YIFEN (1778-1853)
Jilu Under Light and Shadow
Handscroll, ink and color on paper
Inscribed with a poem and signed by the artist, with three seals
Dedicated to Xiao Meisheng and dated winter of bingshen year (1836)
Thirty-eight colophons, including ones by Lin Zexu (1785-1850), Bao Shichen (1775-1855), Tang Dingzhi (1878-1948, the artist's great grandson), Zeng Yu (1759-1831), Qian Yiji (1783-1850), Wanyan Linqin (1791-1846), Pan Xi'en (1785-1866), Zhu Shiyan (1771-1838), Yi Kezhong (1796-1837), Xu Naiji (1777-1839), Gu Hong (1785-1861), Yin Libu (1772-1843), and Yi Ying (1790-1858), with a total of seventy-four seals
Frontispiece by Yan Peihu (jinshi in 1841), signed and dated bingyini year of the Tongzhi era (1866), with two seals
Two collectors' seals, including one each of Zhou Tuimi (1914-?) and Xu Hanqing (1882-1961)
15 x 52¾ in. (38.6 x 133 cm.)