Sailing on the Shu River

ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983) Sailing on the Shu River Handscroll, ink and colour on paper 18.7 x 94.3 cm. (7 3⁄8 x 37 1⁄8 in.) Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist Dated winter solstice, eleventh month, guiyou year (1933) Dedicated to Junhua Further inscribed with a poem and signed by the artist, with two seals Dated eleventh month, winter solstice, guiyou year (1933) Titleslip by Deng Fen (1894-1964), with one seal Dated twenty-third year (of the Republic, 1934) Frontispiece by Hu Yi (1876-1957), with two seals Colophons by Li Guang, Chen Shu and Zeng Xiying