Yao Shou 1422-1495

signed Yishi, inscribed with a poem, and with three seals of the artist, gu xiu zhou, yao gong shou yin, jin shi zhu shi. Colophon by Sha Zhangbai (1626-1691), signed Chengjiang, with three seals, tai ping chen zi, cheng jiang, xi dou. With two seals of the collector Wang Gong (18th century), wang gong zhen shang, ceng zai zhu ping zhai zhong; one seal of the collector Wang Qiumei (1884-1944), ceng zai qiu mei shan ren chu; two seals of the collector He Guanwu (active early 20th century), guan wu zhen cang, tian xi shu wu; three seals of the collector Wang Shiyuan (active early 20th century), xiang shu gu yuan, shi yuan shen ding, lu yun lou shu hua ji; and three other collectors' seals, cai yu shan mei ke ru diao yu shui xian ke shi, yin ming yan fu, chen han zhen shang

Christie's New York, Fine Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Jean-Pierre Dubosc Collection, December 1, 1993, Lot 1

The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, The Arts Council, London, 1957, exhibition catalogue, no. 3 (illustrated)

Luyun Lou Shuhua Jilue ("Collection of Calligraphy and Painting in the Luyun Lou"), Wang Shiyuan, reprinted in John C. Ferguson, Lidai Zhulu Hua'mu, Taipei 1968