Power & Culture – Heirlooms from the Poon Family Collection – Emperor Renzong and Emperor Gaozong’s Preface to the Orchid Pavilion After Wang Xizhi

Power & Culture – Heirlooms from the Poon Family Collection – Emperor Renzong and Emperor Gaozong’s Preface to the Orchid Pavilion After Wang Xizhi

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Zhao Zhen 1010-1063 and Zhao Gou 1107-1187

Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion after Wang Xizhi

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Zhao Zhen and Zhao Gou

Zhao Zhen 1010-1063 and Zhao Gou 1107-1187

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Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion after Wang Xizhi

ink on paper and ink on silk, handscroll

titleslip by Han Rongguang (1793-1860) and with 1 collector's seal of Pan Zuyao


1. Song Renzong Zhao Zhen

ink on and silk, handscroll

with 22 collectors' seals, 2 of Song Huizong Zhao ji's (1082-1135), 1 of Song Gaozong Zhao Gou's (1107-1187), 1 of Mu Fei's (1051-1107), 5 of Cao Rong's (1613-1685), 4 of Liang Qingbiao's (1620-1691), 2 of Pan Zhengwei's (1791-1850), 4 of Han Rongguang's, 1 of Zhang Weiping's (1780-1859), 1 of Cheng Rongcha and 1 of other's 


2. Song Gaozong Zhao Gou

ink on and paper, handscroll

dated 1149, with a dedication to Chen Kangbo (12th century), and 3 seals of the artist

with 24 collectors' seals, 4 of Cao Rong's, 2 of Liang Qingbiao's, 4 of Han Rongguang's, 6 of Pan Zhengwei's, 1 of Zhang Yuesong's (1773-1842), 1 of Cheng Rongcha's and 6 of others' 


3. Colophons

inscribed by Chen Fan (12th century), dated 1150, with 1 seal; by Xu Youren (1287-1364), dated 1353, with 3 seals; by Hu Shian (1593-1663), with 1 seal; by Tie Bao (1752-1824), dated 1820, with 1 seal; by Zhang Weiping, dated 1843, with 3 seals; by Bao Jun (1797-1851), dated 1843, with 3 seals; by Chen Qiqun (19th century), dated 1844, with 2 seals; by Han Rongguang, dated 1834 and 1835, with 4 seals; by Zhu Changyi (1784-1855), dated 1849, with 2 seals; and by Pan Zhengwei, dated 1849, with 1 seal

with 19 collectors' seals, 1 of Cao Rong's, 4 of Liang Qingbiao's, 3 of Han Rongguang's, 6 of Pan Zhengwei's, 1 of Bao Jun's, 3 of Cheng Rongcha's and 1 of other's 



Zhao Zhen: 26 x 78.7 cm. 10 1/4 by 31 in.Zhao Gou: 26 x 98.5 cm. 10 1/4 by 38 3/4 in.

1. Anthology of Chinese art : Min Chiu Society Silver Jubilee exhibition, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 60-63
2-14. Please refer to Chinese Literature 
Anthology of Chinese art : Min Chiu Society Silver Jubilee exhibition, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 25 Oct 1985 – 15 January 1986