Zheng Min 1607-after 1683

the last leaf signed Min hua bingshu, dated xinyou (1681), autumn, seventh lunar month; the first signed Min. Each with one or two seals of the artist, mu qian, mu, qian, zheng min zhi yin, mu dao ren, xin you, zheng min zhi yin, zheng, min, zheng mu qian shu hua ke, zheng gong xiang. Accompanying facing leaves inscribed by the artist describing each specific site. The double-leaf of calligraphy by the artist describes the circumstances under which the album was created. The frontispiece is a colophon by Deng Shi (1877-1951), which relates information about Zheng Min culled from later sources. With two collectors' seals, bao song shi shu cang ji, and lang an mi wan (seal of Lin Xiongguang)

Sotheby's New York, Fine Chinese Paintings, June 3, 1985, lot 44

Excerpt of the inscription to leaf 9:
In the 5^th month of the summer of the year xinyou (1681) Younger Brother Chuzhen returned from West River. He asked me to paint two albums, one for the Min Yi Convent and one for his own appreciation. In the sweltering, insufferable heat of the summer it was difficult to get out my mulberry paper and brushes. When the autumn rains arrived they brought relief and I was able to paint an album of the famous scenery of West River for the convent and this album of views of Huangshan for Chuzhen. I have appended a record of my journeys to accompany the paintings.

See Illustration of seven leaves