Dong Qichang

Dong Qichang

1555 - 1636

Calligraphy in Running Script

ink on paper, handscroll

signed Dong Qichang and with one seal of the artist

Titleslip by Chen Bing, dated jiawu (1819) and with one seal of his

Frontispiece by Yi Bingshou (attributed to), dated yihai (1815) and with two seals of his

Colophon by eighteen scholars, including Zhang Zhao (1691-1745), Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Wang Youdun (1692-1758), Cheng Yongguang (1768-1835) and Liang Zhangju (1775-1849) etc., most of them signed and dated, each with one to two seals of theirs

with four collector's seals of Wanyan Lingqing, one collector’s seal of Yi Bingshou and five other collectors’ seals

27 x 361.8 cm; 10⅝ x 142⅜ in.

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董其昌

1555-1636

行書《陳少保端毅公夫妻誥身》

水墨紙本 手卷

署簽：(陳炳)倪文正董文敏兩公撰書宜興陳少保端毅公誥身軸。嘉慶甲戌(1814)歲，寄跡商邱七世孫炳因我公墓事歸陽羨，以得此軸及遺像，敬重裝于吳門胥江行館，此我浩然堂家寶，子孫保之保之。炳謹藏并識。鈐印：青門一枝

引首：(伊秉綬)董文敏書陳少保端毅公夫妻誥身。嘉慶乙亥年(1815)秋八月，汀洲伊秉綬敬題。鈐印：人書俱老、伊秉綬印

釋文：太子少保都察院左都御史陳于廷并妻誥命一道。奉天承運…綸誥請予脩顏魯公、徐越公事，予義滋以出專晴之日應教，恕有繼請者無能應也。鈐印：董其昌印

題跋：(文略，不錄) (共十八家，錄其七，餘請見注)

(曹在豊)雍正乙卯(1735)四月三日外曾孫曹在豊拜識。

(張照)乾隆二年(1737) 嘉平朔後學張照讀識。鈐印：照、法華盦

(張廷玉)後學張廷玉拜識。鈐印：張廷玉印、衡臣

(陳浩)乾隆四年(1739)孟夏下浣昌平宗後學浩僅題。

(汪由敦)乾隆元年歲在丙辰(1736)冬十有二月朔日庚申，後學汪由敦敬書。鈐印：汪由敦印、謹堂

(陳用光)道光十三年癸巳(1833)秋七月既望新城後學陳用光敬觀。鈐印：陳用光印、石士

(梁章鉅)道光丁亥(1827)冬日福州梁章鉅拜題。鈐印：古瓦硯齋

鑑藏印：

(完顏麟慶)完顏家藏、水木清華之館、完顏氏、雲蔭堂印

(伊秉綬)廣陵太守章

書五、樸公過目、樸山審定、書禪、精華館

27 x 361.8 cm; 10⅝ x 142⅜ in.

注：

卷前有款為伊秉綬之引首，卷後有曹在豊、張照、張廷玉、陳浩、汪由敦、齊彥槐、平翰、何士祁、沈兆澐、龔麗正、伊念曾、鐘麟、程裔采、張岳崧、宋其沅、陳用光、吳文桂等清代名家題跋。

據題跋所述，本幅為董其昌書《陳少保端毅公夫妻誥身》別本，由陳氏子孫家傳，歷經履中、履平、伯恭等商邱陳氏。另本常見於董書《陳于廷告身》拓本，內容大致相同，惟拓本款有「上乞修第二疏，乃書此并記歲月，崇禎五年歲在壬申七月十日」。