Style of Mi Fu

signed Yuanzhang, dated the second year of the Yuanfeng reign, the eighth lunar month, with one seal, mi fu zhi yin
Colophons by Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), signed Zhengming, with three seals of the artist, wen zheng ming yin, wei geng yin wu yi jiang, yu lan tang yin; Zhang Xiaosi (17th Century), signed Lanyi Zhang Xiaosi, with four seals, zhang ze zhi, lang run tang yin, zhang xiao si, lan yi; Hua Shifang (19th Century), signed Hua Shifang, dated yiwei, the first day of the fourth lunar month (April 25, 1895), signed Hua Shifang, with two seals, shi fang, ruo xi
With three collector's seals of Jiang Shaoshu (17th Century), jiang shao shu yin, jiang shi er you jia cang, wan wei shan tang; and four other collectors' seals, gao dai tu shu, li shan shi, tian huang zhui lao wu ren shi, xia cheng lao ren

- Silk bears a severely darkened tone due to age. - Restoration of silk loss and ink loss can be found here and there on the scroll. - Minor mold stains to silk. - Colophon slightly cropped, with one vertical crack and minor paper loss.
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