Lot 595: 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)