Lot 528
  • 528

徐枋 1622-1694

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35,000 - 55,000 USD
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  • Xu Fang
  • 天平泉石
  • ink and color on paper, handscroll
款識:天平泉石之勝,甲於吳山,范文正公之祠在焉。祠前古樹尤奇,丹翠夭矯如虯龍,數百年物也。自涉山麓迤邐而上龍山,兩石矗立,其高幾丈。中通一徑,登山者必從中而過。白雲泉有鉅石如扆,崚嶒磅礴。石有罅如綫,泉從中出,涓涓成池。而老樹蒼籐,每於峭壁危峰之上,縈絡參差,扶踈蔭覆,使遊人步步可以憩息。一若山靈,自愛其奇,不□人之窮。而經過者,每踞石磴,仰觀俯眺,左右旁矚,容不暇給。而最勝者,則蓮華洞也。其蹊徑之屈曲、梯磴之瑰奇、峰巗之崢嶸、竹樹之蔥蔚,誠有所謂「善畫者莫能圖」。而屋宇結構因巗倚石,使置不佞,坐此可以忘歸矣。
辛未(一六九一)春日畫并題,俟齋徐枋。鈐印:澗上、居易堂印、徐枋之印、俟齋、古沙、徐白子俟齋畫記、笠山笠水間

引首:(楊繼振)雪牀厂主天平泉石圖記。丙辰(一八五六)夏六月,南湖水檻消暑題。天藤居士楊繼振又雲父,時年卅又六。鈐印:繼震、又雲



裱隔水署簽:(錢楷)徐俟天平山圖真跡精品,錢楷題。



題跋:
(翁綬祺)(一)俟齋先生吳人,崇正壬午(一六四二)孝廉,明季隱木瀆山中,足迹不履塵市者四十年。文辭淵博,長於史學,与宣城沈壽民、嘉興巢鳴盛為海內三遺民。一時名,公卿巨室爭欲延致之,厚幣㕥聘,俱謝不受。湯文正橅吳,慕其人,兩屏騶從訪之,不淂一面。空山窮餓,枯寂潛居,以書画易米以自膽。相傳先生喂一馴驢,往往斷炊,畫一紙粘驢背,另寫一帖需米鹽若干斤,付驢入市。時人見之,淂其画如拱璧,即以米鹽易之。其驢帖然往返,從無所失慤。誠之感物亦効,靈可敬也。先生草書學《十七帖》,畫法荊、關,一筆不茍,設色者尤少見。山重水複,結構巖整,其凝重之氣露於筆端。議者稍嫌其板滯,亦先生岸毅之本色也。此卷絢染纎妍,經營慘淡。以南宗面目寓北宗氣息,与先生平時筆墨迥然不同。可見學有根砥者無所不能也。乃以孤介貞敏之筆,寫宋賢祠堂之景。傑出一時之佳搆,亦天地正氣所鐘。故流傳三百年,精潔無纎塵之滓。神物護持為何如者,幸勿与詞林翰墨共列缥緗,海內鑒家諒不河漢余言也。辛亥(一九一一)二月上旬,松陵翁綬琪識于桂林。鈐印:翁綬祺、心頭陀
(二)回憶卅年前,与彭蔚岩、洪肇東諸君游天平山。看楓葉丹黃,滿(谷)風景依然。今蔚岩、肇東均歸道山。余飄泊瘴鄉,塵肩未脫。對斯圖也,不獨山陽之感,并觸蓴鱸之思(滿字下脫一谷字)。印若又識於陽朔舟次。鈐印:人形肖形印
(王同愈)先生隱於上沙之澗上草堂,余歲省墓於無隱蓭,必經過其地。老屋數椽,澗水出其下,為之神往。是卷為楊氏星鳳堂中物,澹逸蒼秀,實未不經見之作。冝又雲之鈴印累累,珍若球圖也。又雲為春宇(冝振)侍郎之弟,富收藏,銘心絕品必令妾徐氏掌之。今禫尾有「月嫣妾徐所掌」一印,可覘是卷之品題矣。壬子(一九一二)長至日又獲觀,王同愈。鈐印:栩緣眼福



盒蓋刻字:徐俟齋天平山圖真迹精品。番禺黃氏珍藏。鈐印:黃



鑒藏印:
(楊繼振)辛卯、楊繼震印、又雲齋、弘農楊氏世家、韻蘭心賞、楊、又雲秘笈、又雲收藏、星鳳堂、愛不釋手、繼振秘玩、蓮公、月嫣妾徐所章
(方濬頤)曾在方夢園家
(翁綬琪)寶李室、松陵翁綬琪鑒定真跡
(鄧蒼梧)鄧蒼梧寶俟齋秘籍(二鈐)

Exhibited

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
3. Lyrical Traditions: Four Centuries of Chinese Paintings from the Papp Collection, The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, June 22-October 7, 2007

Literature

1. Fang Xunyi, Mengyuan Shuhua lu, juan 17, (Zhongguo Shuhua Quanshu, vol. 17, Shanghai: Shuahua Chubanshe, 2009, 2nd ed., p. 479)
2. Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, 1994, cat. 12, pp. 40-44
3. Le Parfum de l'encre: Peintures Chinoises de la Collection Roy et Marilyn Papp, Musée Cernuschi, 1999, cat. 13, pp. 50-54
4. Claudia Brown, Great Qing: Painting in China, 1644-1911, University of Washington Press, 2014, fig. 1.15, p. 18

Condition

- Overall in good condition except that paper bears darkened tone and minor loss of paper.
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