ZHOU TIANQIU 1514-1595 | ODE TO THE SECLUDE ORCHIDS IN RUNNING SCRIPT

signed Zhou Tianqiu, dated renwu, the sixth day of the eighth lunar month (September 2, 1582), with two seals of the artist, zhou shi gong xia, liu zhi ju shi With four collector's seals of Sun Erzhun (1772-1832), sun er zhun yin, zhen wei jiang jun, sun er zhun jian ding yin, le an sun er zhun ping shu shen ding; Xu Zongyan (1768-1818), ceng cang xu shi, xu, de qing xu shi gai hua tang zhen cang; with three other collectors' seals, zhang yi jian, xia ting shen ding, si xian shu wu zhen cang

Christie's New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art, June 23-24, 1983, lot 670

The first portion of this scroll was meant to be a painting of orchids by Zhou Tianqiu, currently lost.