Xu Fang 1622-1694

signed Sizhai Xu Fang, dated xinwei (1691), spring, with seven seals of the artist, jian shang, ju yi tang yin, xu fang zhi yin, si zhai, gu sha, xu bai zi si zhai hua ji, li shan li shui jian
Frontispiece by Yang Jizhen (1820-1901), signed Yang Jizhen Youyun fu, dated bingchen (1856), the sixth lunar month, summer, at the age of thirty-six, with two seals, ji chen, you yun
Inscription on silk border by Qian Kai (1760-1812), signed Qian Kai
Colophons by Weng Shouqi (active late 19th-early 20th century), (1) signed Songling Weng Shouqi, dated xinhai (1911), the second lunar month, with two seals, weng shou qi, xin tou tuo, (2) signed Yinruo, with a figure shaped seal; Wang Tongyu (1856-1941), signed Wang Tongyu, dated renzi, the summer solstice (June 21, 1912), with one seal, xu yuan yan fu
With thirteen collector's seals of Yang Jizhen, xin mao, yang ji zhen yin, you yun zhai, hong nong yang shi shi jia, yun lan xin shang, yang, you yun mi ji, you yun shou cang, xing feng tang, ai bu shi shou, ji zhen mi wan, lian gong, yue yan qie xu suo zhang; one collector's seal of Fang Xunyi (1815-1888), ceng zai fang meng yuan jia; one collector's seal of Weng Shouqi, bao li shi, song ling lu weng shou qi jian ding zhen ji; one collector's seal of Deng Cangwu (20th century), deng cang wu bao si zhai mi ji (2)

1. Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, September 2-October 9, 1994; The Chrysler Museum, Virginia, November 13, 1994-January 8, 1995; Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, September 9-November 11, 1995; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, December 15, 1995-February 18, 1996; China Institute, New York, February 4-June 10, 1998
2. Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp, Musée Cernuschi, September 23-December 30, 1999
3. Lyrical Traditions: Four Centuries of Chinese Paintings from the Papp Collection, The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, June 22-October 7, 2007

1. Fang Xunyi, Mengyuan Shuhua lu, juan 17, (Zhongguo Shuhua Quanshu, vol. 17, Shanghai: Shuahua Chubanshe, 2009, 2nd ed., p. 479)
2. Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, 1994, cat. 12, pp. 40-44
3. Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp, Musée Cernuschi, 1999, cat. 13, pp. 50-54
4. Claudia Brown, Great Qing: Painting in China, 1644-1911, University of Washington Press, 2014, fig. 1.15, p. 18

- Overall in good condition except that paper bears darkened tone and minor loss of paper.
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