Yang Jisheng 1516-1555

signed Yang Jisheng, dated xinhai of the Jiajing reign, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month (October 8, 1551), with two seals of the artist, yang ji sheng yin, jiao shan
Inscription on mounting border by Chen Zengshou (1878-1949), signed Chen Zengshou, dated xinyou (1921), with one seal, ren xian; titleslip by Xu Yinzhi (1875-1924), signed Anchao

Heritage of the Brush: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, March 18- May 7, 1989; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, March 8-April 22, 1990; Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, September 28-November 24, 1991; Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, October 25-December 27, 1992; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, April 18-June 20, 1993; Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, January 29-March 20, 1994; Crocker Art Museum, California, October 30-December 31, 1997; Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, January 31-March 28, 1999; Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, October 3-December 10, 2000

Heritage of the Brush: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, 1989, cat. 3, pp. 28-29

- Paper bears darkened tone due to age. - Restoration of paper loss and ink loss can be found here and there.
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Artist's inscription: 
Tianhua is very near to the west of the prefectural city; Kingfisher-blue cliffs and cinnabar-red crags, facing them brings on enchantment. 
Towers and pavilions accord with the changing form of the mountains' rise and fall; Shadows of banners and pennants flicker up and down the trees.
From an elegant window, official tassels glitter against a clear view of the sky; Clouds enter, and one could scoop them along with one's sleeves. 
There is no predicting whether I'll return to this beautiful place again; About to leave, I brush past the rocks and waste a new verse.
- Translation courtesy of Howard Rogers