Shen Zongjing 1658-1725

(1) signed Shuanghe Daoren, with two seals of the artist, zong jing, nan ji shi; (2) signed di Zongjing, with two seals of the artist, zong jing, nan ji shi; (3) signed Shifeng, with one seal of the artist, shi feng; (5) with one seal of the artist, qiu lai; (6) signed Shifeng Jing, with one seal of the artist, zong jing; (7) signed Shifeng Jing, with one seal of the artist, ke ting; (9) dated renchen (1712), winter
(11) signed Shifeng Jing, dated guisi of the Kangxi reign (1713), with two seals of the artist, zong jing, nan ji shi
Colophons by Cao Sancai (active early 18th century) (1) signed Lianrang Cai, with four seals, zi zhong chan, san cai, er liang, jia zhu tian jia; (2) signed Erliang Jushi, with three seals, ya zhen, san cai fu, er liang
With one collector's seal of Cao Sancai, zi sun hou shi jia chuan zhi bao (3) and two collector's seals of Cheng Qi (1911-after 1988), shuang song lou, cheng bo fen zhen cang yin

1. Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, September 2-October 9, 1994; The Chrysler Museum, Virginia, November 13, 1994-January 8, 1995; Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin, September 9-November 11, 1995; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, December 15, 1995-February 18, 1996; China Institute, New York, February 4-June 10, 1998
2. Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp, Musée Cernuschi, September 23-December 30, 1999

1. Cheng Qi, Xuanhui tang Shuhua lu (Paintings), Hong Kong: Xuanhui tang, 1972, pp. 181-183
2. Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, 1994, cat. 24, pp. 74-81
3. Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp, Musée Cernuschi, 1999, cat. 26, pp. 91-96

- Paper bear tanned tone due to age. - Folding mark in the middle of each album leaf from previous mounting.
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Artist's inscription on the last leaf:
These small pictures contain the sweeping force of views of over tens of thousands of li. It is not necessary to impress others by painting many layers of cliffs and trees. If you can achieve the effect of void within solids, how can anyone fault you.
In the guisi year of Kangxi, by chance I stayed at Yanshan (Beijing) and was able to discuss painting with Master Lianrang (Cao Sancai) day and night. He had had these papers for many decades already. [One day] he produced them and requested paintings from me. I sketched these from my mental images and thus did not lose the natural state of exhilaration [I had experienced]. It is not likely that it will endure a lack of appreciation!
- Scent of Ink, p. 80