Xu Zhang Active mid-eighteenth century

depicting seasonal scenes from Spring through Winter, showing tiny figures in extensive river and mountain landscapes, unsigned, bearing various seals of the artist on seven of the eight leaves; Yaopu, Zhang, with a later colophon by a Japanese collector dated in correspondance to 1894

Chinese Paintings from the Henricksen Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University; Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York, Oswego, 5th September 2002 - 23rd February 2003, cat. no. 18, illustrated.

three of the leaves with repairs of at least 1 by 1/4 inches, scattered staining, some mildew, some seals partially cut off in the mounting
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