Luo Pin

Luo Pin (1733 - 1799)

Plum Blossoms, ink and light color on paper, hanging scroll

羅聘 梅花 設色紙本 立軸 一七八二年作

signed Liangfeng daoren Luo Pin hua, dated renyin corresponding to 1782, summer, fifth month, inscribed, and with two seals of the artist, luo ping, ren ri sheng ren, and with two collector’s seals of Li Hongqiu, liu yang li hong qiu zi yun qing jian cang, jian hua lou, and one collector’s seal of Li Jiafu (1839-1904), jia fu zhen cang

釋文：元冬小春十月微，陽回綠萼梅蕊早，向南枝開，此寄未贈，陸凱隴頭去相思，忽到盧仝窗下來，歌殘水調，沉珠明月，浦舞破山香碎玉，凌風臺錯恨高樓，三弄呌雲笛無奈，二十四番花信催。

款識：壬寅夏五月兩峯道人羅聘畫於虎邱客舍。鈐印：羅聘，人日生人

鑒藏印：劍華樓，瀏陽李鴻球字韻清鑒藏，嘉福珍藏

Height 50¾ in., 128.8 cm; Width 25⅜ in., 64.5 cm