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Subject:inscriptions help
Posted By: John R Sat, Sep 08, 2018 IP: 2601:443:c102:2a10:9 Looking for some help with these three inscriptions on a classic |
Subject:Re: inscriptions help
Posted By: rat Sun, Sep 09, 2018 I'm sorry this isn't the help you are looking for John, but I think this is a recent fantasy piece. The depiction of the heron and lotus resemble decorative paintings of 1990s/2000s China, not late Northern Song style. Also, Northern Song gongbi paintings were on silk rather than paper, though this picture is on paper. |
Subject:Re: inscriptions help
Posted By: John R Mon, Sep 10, 2018 Thanks rat, |
Subject:Re: inscriptions help
Posted By: rat Mon, Sep 10, 2018 Yup, it sure is! |
Subject:Re: inscriptions help
Posted By: I.Nagy Tue, Sep 11, 2018 The inscription in seal script attributed to Xiang Yuanbien clearly says, |
Subject:Re: inscriptions help
Posted By: rat Tue, Sep 11, 2018 Thanks I. Nagy, I was going with John R's reference to a painting in the Liaoning Museum that is attributed to a different Zhang Ji 張激, the nephew of Northern Song painter Li Gonglin: |
Subject:Re: inscriptions help
Posted By: John R Thu, Sep 13, 2018 Thank you again I.Nagy and rat. The artist's name is'signed' at the bottom right of the painting. In my first post I said "the extremely fine brushwork used in the detailing does seem to be a match for the style of the time. Here is a link to James Cahill's Lecture 10D: Bird-and Flower painting The Early Centuries describing that style. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vb82R3vE5q8 |
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