Listening to the Qin

PU RU (1896-1963) Listening to the Qin Handscroll, ink and colour on silk Painting: 23.8 x 23.4 cm. (9 3⁄8 x 9 ¼ in.) Frontispiece: 23.2 x 96.6 cm. (9 1⁄8 x 38 in.) Colophon: 33.6 x 1120.5 cm. (13 ¼ x 441 1⁄8 in.) Entitled and signed, with two seals of the artist Inscribed on the mounting by Jiang Zhaoshen, with one seal Dated summer, gengwu year (1990) Frontispiece, colophon, and titleslip by Jiang Zhaoshen (1925-1996), with a total of five seals Frontispiece dated autumn, gengwu year (1990) Colophon dated Mid-Autumn, gengwu year (1990)