Commentary on the Poet Su Shi in Semicursive Script (Xingshu)
Artist
Ye Yanlan
(Chinese, 1823 - 1898)
DynastyQing dynasty (1644-1911)
MaterialsInk and colors on paper
DimensionsH. 65 1/4 in x W. 12 1/4 in, H. 165.7 cm x W. 31.1 cm (overall); H. 29 1/2 in x W. 8 1/4 in, H. 74.9 cm x W. 21.0 cm (image)
Credit LineThe Yeh Family Collection
Object number2016.258
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsPainting
On View
Not on viewSignedSeal: Yanlan zhiyin (Seal of Yanlan) 衍蘭之印(朱白文相間方印)。
Inscribed蘇子瞻海棠诗僅存百馀字,楷書端勁,似徐季海《题经記》,而風致過之。前有小像,亦泐。葉石林云:海棠诗為東 坡先生最得意之作,故常喜寫,人間刻石有五、六本,此本予里農人得自古墓中,始掘時,為鉏钁所壞,復规而方也。去其馀, 僅存百馀字,诗前有先生自繪小像,即小剥泐,不妨偉觀。此石後在黄岗王同轨家,每搨以赠人。同轨字仁甫,為蕃育署丞,箸《耳譚》及《合江亭稿》行世。余所藏公小楷尚有《授殿中丞直史馆具啟謝》一卷,筆筆鍾王,公帖中僅見者。