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Calligraphy in the Styles of the Four Song Masters (Fang Su Huang Mi Cai xingshu 仿蘇黃米蔡行書),
undated
Dong Qichang 董其昌, 1555–1636
Chinese
Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
1998-114
Information
Title
Calligraphy in the Styles of the Four Song Masters (Fang Su Huang Mi Cai xingshu 仿蘇黃米蔡行書)
Dates
undated
Maker
Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy: 55 x 933.5 cm. (21 5/8 x 367 1/2 in.)
Mount: h. 56.5 cm. (22 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-114
Place Made
Asia, China
Signatures
signed "Qichang"
Marks/Labels/Seals
Five characters in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Artist's -
1. "Xuanzai shi" 玄宰氏, square relief (end, under signature)
2. "Dazongbo zhang" 大宗伯章, square intaglio (end, under signature, lower).
Collectors' –
Cao Rong 曹溶 (1613-85) (ancestor of Cao Xueqin)
"Cao," "Rong," paired, semicircular relief seals (front, 2nd col. right of seam, bottom)
"Juanpu" 倦圃, gourd-shaped relief (front right, 5th from bot¬tom)
Da Chongguang 笪重光 (1623-1692)
"Zaixin" 在辛, tall rect. relief (front, left of seam, 2nd from bottom)
Gao Shiqi 高士奇 (1645-1704) [see Comments, below]
"Shiqi" 士奇, tall rect. relief (front, left of seam, 2nd from bottom)
"Yuanxi" 苑西, tall rect. relief (front, 2nd col. left of seam, 3rd from bottom
"Zhuchuang" 竹窗, tall rect. relief (fornt, 2nd col. left of seam, 2nd from bottom)
"Jiangcun" 江村, tall oval relief (front, left of seam, 4th from bottom, left side)
"Shiqi" 士奇, square relief (front, left of seam, 4th from bottom)
"Gao Shiqi yin" 高士奇印, square intaglio (front, left of seam, 5th from bottom)
"Baowengweng" 抱翁翁, tall rect. relief (front, left of seam, 6th from bottom)
Qianlong emperor (r. 1736-1795)
"Tianzi guxi" 天子古希, round relief (front, top)
"Shou" 壽 tall rect. intaglio (front right, 2nd from top)
"Qianlong jianshang" 乾隆鑑賞, round intaglio (front, right of seam, top)
"Qian" 乾, round trigram/dragons seal, relief (front seam, top
"Qianlong chenhan" 乾隆宸翰, square relief (front seam, 2nd from top)
"Sanxitang jingjian xi" 三希堂精鑑璽, tall rect. relief (front, left of seam, 2nd from top)
"Yi zi sun" 宜子孫, square intaglio (front, left of seam, 3rd from top)
"Yushufang jian cang bao" 御書房鑑藏寶, oval relief (front, 2nd col. right of seam, 3rd from top)
"Qianlong yulan zhi bao" 乾隆御覽之寶, oval relief (front, 2nd col. rt. of seam, 3rd from top)
"Qianlong yulan zhi bao" 乾隆御覽之寶, large sq. relief (tween cols. 1-2, top)
"Yu shang" 御賞, tall rect. relief (front, 2nd col. rt. of seam, 2nd from top)
"Shen pin" 神品, paired square seals, relief (front, right of seam, top)
Jiaqing emperor (r. 1796-1820)
"Jiaqing jianshang" 嘉慶鑑賞, round intaglio (front, 2nd col. rt. of seam, 4th from top)
"Jiaqing yulan zhi bao" 嘉慶御覽之寶, oval relief (front, tween cols. 1-2, 2nd from top)
"Yi zi sun" 宜子孫, sq. intaglio (front, tween cols. 1-2, 3rd from top) [compare to Qianlong seal, above]
"Baoji sanbian" 寶笈三編, sq. relief (front, right of seam,2nd from top)
Wu Jung-kuang 吳榮光 (1773-1843)
"Hewu zeng guan" 荷屋曾觀, sq. intaglio (front, right of seam, 3rd from bottom)
Wu Yun 吳雲 (1811-83)
"Erbai lantingzhai suo cang shuhua yin" 二百蘭亭齋所藏書畫印, tall rect. relief (front, rt. of seam, 4th from bottom)
"Baoleizi" 抱罍子, sq. relief (front, rt. of seam, 2nd from bottom)
Li Jiafu 李嘉福 (1839-1904)
"Shengyu shending shuhua zhenji" 笙魚審定書畫跡, sq. relief (front, left of seam, bottom
Culture
Period
Type
Materials
–1998 John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.
- Wen C. Fong, Images of the mind: selections from the Edward L. Elliott family and John B. Elliott collections of Chinese calligraphy and painting at the Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1984)., cat. no. 42
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"The checklist of the John B. Elliott Bequest," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 61 (2002): p. 49-99.
, p. 84
