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Attributed to Dong Yuan ?-962
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Description
- Attributed to Dong Yuan
- SUMMER MOUNTAINS
- ink and light color on silk, handscroll
with a total of sixty-six collectors' seals, including famous collectors such as Huang Lin (17th century), Liu Shu (1759-1816), Wu Pingzhai (1811-1883) and Pei Jingfu (1854-1924). Titleslips by Dong Qichang (1555-1636), colophons by Dong Qichang, Fang Shishu (1692-1751), Xu Jian (1712-1798), and Hu Bicheng (1868-1925)
Literature
Zhuangtaoge shuhua lu, written by Pei Jingfu, Beijing, Xueyuan Publishing House, April 2006, pp. 59-60
Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese paintings: Second Series, Vol. 1, American and Canadian Collections, complied by Teisuke Toda and Hiromitsu Ogawa, University of Tokyo Press, April 1999, p. I-232-233, pl. A48-013
Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese paintings: Second Series, Vol. 1, American and Canadian Collections, complied by Teisuke Toda and Hiromitsu Ogawa, University of Tokyo Press, April 1999, p. I-232-233, pl. A48-013
Catalogue Note
Colophon:
Dong Beiyuan (Dong Yuan, ?-962) was venerated by the master painters of the Yuan dynasty. Zhao Chengzhi (Zhao Mengfu. 1254-1322), Gao Shangshu (Gao Kegong, 1248-1310), Huang Zijiu (Huang Gongwang, 1269-1354), Wu Zhonggui (Wu Zhen, 1280-1354), and Ni Yuanzhen (Ni Zan, 1301-1374) each learned from his style and developed it in their own directions. Foremost among them, Zhao obtained Dong¿s marrow. Huang obtained his bones, Ni his tone, and Wu his force. For the fifty years since I began studying painting, I have dreamt of owning a work by Dong. Rumor in Wu has it Shen Shitian (Shen Zhou, 1427-1509) and Wen Hengshan (Wen Zhengming. 1470-1559) saw only half a painting of Travelers Amongst Mountains and Streams. In the guisi year (1593) I went to the capital and obtained it from Wu Yongqing and also a large scroll from Jinwu Master Zhang of Handan. In summer of the dingyou year (1597), my fellow metropolitan graduate Lin Jiantao informed me that Li Nayan of Chang'an owned a scroll depicting Xiao and Xiang Rivers. I met him and obtained it also. Then Pan Guanglu of Haishang sold to me Dong Yuan's Longsu Village, which he inherited from his father-in-law Mo Yunqing (Mo Shilong, 1537-1587). How content I was! In the renxu year (1622), I entered the capital again, and was entrusted with three paintings, including the present work and two monumental scrolls, all rare masterpieces. I cannot believe how fortunate I am. I regret that in my waning years I cannot earnestly practice my painting and pay proper homage to these miraculous works. Written on mid-autumn in the yihai year (1635).
In the second year of the Qianlong reign, respectfully viewed by the student of painting Fang Shishu.
Viewed by Fang Zhenguan of Tongcheng, along with Cheng Sili of Andong and Xu Jian of Wuxian.
Free from ornate elaboration, the entire painting is infused with nature. The life force inhabits the brush, which is harmonious, profound, and unaffected. The great master of the Southern School is unique in all history. Inscribed by Xiaoshi daoren, at the age of eighty-six, in the intercalary seventh month in the jiwei year (1919). Respectfully inscribed by Hu Bicheng of Anhu.
Dong Beiyuan (Dong Yuan, ?-962) was venerated by the master painters of the Yuan dynasty. Zhao Chengzhi (Zhao Mengfu. 1254-1322), Gao Shangshu (Gao Kegong, 1248-1310), Huang Zijiu (Huang Gongwang, 1269-1354), Wu Zhonggui (Wu Zhen, 1280-1354), and Ni Yuanzhen (Ni Zan, 1301-1374) each learned from his style and developed it in their own directions. Foremost among them, Zhao obtained Dong¿s marrow. Huang obtained his bones, Ni his tone, and Wu his force. For the fifty years since I began studying painting, I have dreamt of owning a work by Dong. Rumor in Wu has it Shen Shitian (Shen Zhou, 1427-1509) and Wen Hengshan (Wen Zhengming. 1470-1559) saw only half a painting of Travelers Amongst Mountains and Streams. In the guisi year (1593) I went to the capital and obtained it from Wu Yongqing and also a large scroll from Jinwu Master Zhang of Handan. In summer of the dingyou year (1597), my fellow metropolitan graduate Lin Jiantao informed me that Li Nayan of Chang'an owned a scroll depicting Xiao and Xiang Rivers. I met him and obtained it also. Then Pan Guanglu of Haishang sold to me Dong Yuan's Longsu Village, which he inherited from his father-in-law Mo Yunqing (Mo Shilong, 1537-1587). How content I was! In the renxu year (1622), I entered the capital again, and was entrusted with three paintings, including the present work and two monumental scrolls, all rare masterpieces. I cannot believe how fortunate I am. I regret that in my waning years I cannot earnestly practice my painting and pay proper homage to these miraculous works. Written on mid-autumn in the yihai year (1635).
In the second year of the Qianlong reign, respectfully viewed by the student of painting Fang Shishu.
Viewed by Fang Zhenguan of Tongcheng, along with Cheng Sili of Andong and Xu Jian of Wuxian.
Free from ornate elaboration, the entire painting is infused with nature. The life force inhabits the brush, which is harmonious, profound, and unaffected. The great master of the Southern School is unique in all history. Inscribed by Xiaoshi daoren, at the age of eighty-six, in the intercalary seventh month in the jiwei year (1919). Respectfully inscribed by Hu Bicheng of Anhu.