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Accession Number 2004.19.13 Title River Landscape Category paintings Object Type handscroll Artist Wen Zhengming Date Made 1499 Place Made China Culture Chinese Period Ming 15th century Materials ink on paper Measurements sheet: 21.7 cm x 1054.1 cm; image: 17.4 cm x 125.3 cm Description A handscroll painting of a river landscape. Inscriptions and Colophons

Signed by Hengshan Wenbi and impressed with 2 seals of the artist. Others seals include the following: 2 collector's seals of the Emperor Qianlong, 4 seals of the Jiaqing Emperor, 1 collector's seal of the Yao…

Signed by Hengshan Wenbi and impressed with 2 seals of the artist. Others seals include the following: 2 collector's seals of the Emperor Qianlong, 4 seals of the Jiaqing Emperor, 1 collector's seal of the Yao family, 4 twentieth century collector's seals. The scroll is mounted with colophons from the following people: Shen Zhou (1427-1529), Wu Kuan (1435-1504), Yang Xunji (1458-1546), Zhu Yunming (1461-1527) (2 colophons), Wang Chong (1494-1533), Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Chen Shun (1483-1544), Peng Nian (1505-1566), Wang Guxiang (1501-1568), Wen Ping (1498-1573), Lu Shidao (ca. 1510-1570), Xu Yuangfu (dates unknown), and Zhang Fengyi (1527-1613).

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