Lot 398: WU WEIYE (1609-1671)

SPRING MIST OVER LAKE YUAN

Handscroll, ink on paper
23 x 141.5 cm (9 x 56 1/2 in.)
Ode to Lake Yuan in running script calligraphy following the painting by the artist, signed: Wu Weiye
Four seals of the artist: Jun Gong, Wu Wei Ye Yin, Guan Yin, Jun Gong
Dated first month, renchen year (1652)
Dedicated to Master Yun
Three collectors' seals: Wan Tian Lao Yan; Fan Shi Sui Han Tang Cang Zhen Yin; Ding Fu Shen Ding
Colophons at the end of the scroll by each of:
Ma Yuelu (circa 1701-1761), signed Jiangdu Ma Yuelu, with two seals, and dated jiayin year (1734); and
Zhou Jing (1677-1749)
Frontispiece by Yong Xing (Prince Cheng, 1752-1823), signed: cheng Qinwang, with two seals
One collector's seal on frontispiece: Zi Yu Zhen Shang

Note:
For brief biography of Zhou Jing, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Chubanshe, 1981, p.480

(US$7,700-10,300)