BIAN WENYU (CIRCA 1576-1655) | Scholars beside a River

signed Bian Wenyu and with two seals of the artist Frontispiece by Liu Yong (attributed to) , inscribed, dated bingwu, and with two seals of his Colophon by Wang Shihong (attributed to) and with two seals of his; and by Chen Zhaolun (attributed to), dated xinchou and with one seal of his with two collectors' seals

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