Southern School Genuine Scripture Nanhua Zhenjing
Artist
Wang Chong
(Chinese, 1494 - 1533)
Date1516
DynastyMing dynasty (1368-1644)
MaterialsInk on paper
DimensionsH. 10 in x W. 6 1/4 in, H. 25.4 cm x W. 15.9 cm (image); H. 2/4 in x W. 6 1/4 in x D. 10 in, H. 1.9 cm x W. 15.9 cm x D. 25.4 cm (overall)
Credit LineThe Yeh Family Collection
Object number2016.255
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsPainting
On View
Not on viewSignedSignature: Wang Chong noted the 11th year of the Zhengde reign (1516)
Seal: Wang Chong siyin (Private seal of Wang Chong); Lujii zhiyin (Seal of Luji)
Selected collectors’ seal: Gongchuo (Yeh Gongchuo); Cengcang Yeshi xia’an (Once collected by the Yeh clan, nickname Xia’an)
InscribedThe artist’s colophon: 予昔年過補庵先生劍光閣，見虞永興手書漆圓內篇，筆法絕似黃庭度人經，而遒勁過之。披次心賞，留舟中閱數日，不忍釋手。丙子春王再過梁鴻溪上，補庵持素紙屬余手摹永興腕法，書成七篇，三閱月始報命。要亦優孟衣冠，虎贲之貌殊足愧也。
Chu Suiliang
approx. 596-658
Zhang Jizhi
