Zhang Xiong 1803-1886

signed Zixiang Zhang Xiong, at the age of eighty-four sui, dated bingxu (1886), spring, with one seal of the artist, zhang zi xiang

《筆翰之遺—羅伊與瑪麗蓮 · 派普夫婦珍藏中國繪畫》，鳳凰城藝術博物館，一九八九年三月十八日—五月七日；西北大學瑪麗和利布洛克藝術博物館，一九九〇年三月八日—四月廿二日；哈佛大學阿瑟 · 赛克勒藝術博物館，一九九一年九月廿八日—十一月廿四日；堪薩斯大學史賓賽藝術博物館，一九九二年十月廿五日—十二月廿七日；俄亥俄州哥倫布藝術博物館，一九九三年四月十八日—六月二十日；威斯康辛大學艾維翰藝術博物館，一九九四年一月廿九日—三月二十日；加利福尼亞州克羅克藝術博物館，一九九七年十月三十日—十二月卅一日；喬治亞大學喬治亞藝術博物館，一九九九年一月卅一日—三月廿八日；佛蒙特大學弗萊明藝術博物館，二〇〇〇年十月三日—十二月十日

《筆翰之遺—羅伊與瑪麗蓮 · 派普夫婦珍藏中國繪畫》，鳳凰城藝術博物館，一九八九年，圖錄編號43，第121頁

- Paper bears tanned tone due to age. - Minor dirt and stain.
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Artist's inscription:
Beyond the clouds stand distant mountains in endless verdant growth. 
In the plain a brook tickles, its rippling heard through the grove.
- Translation courtesy of Jane Wai-yee Leong