Landscape and Calligraphy

SHEN ZHOU (1427-1509) / WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559) Landscape and Calligraphy Handscroll, ink and colour/ink on paper Painting measures 29 x 193.5 cm. (11 3/8 x 76 1/8 in.) Calligraphy measures 28.7 x 154.5 cm. (11 1/8 x 60 7/8 in.) Painting with one seal of Shen Zhou Calligraphy inscribed and signed by Wen Zhengming, dated fourth month, yimao year of the Jiazheng period (1555), with five seals of the artist Six collector’s seals, including two of Shen Deqian (1673-1769), one of Xie Songzhou (18th-19th Century) and two of Luo Zhenyu (1866-1940) Colophons by Shen Deqian, Luo Zhenyu, Naito Torajiro (1866-1934) and Nagao Uzan (1864-1942), with a total of eight seals Frontispiece by Cheng Yingkui (17th Century), with three seals and dedicated to Yao Weng Titleslip by Luo Zhenyu, with one seal Inscriptions on the cover of the wooden box by Naito Torajiro, with one seal