SHEN ZHOU (1427-1509)

SHEN ZHOU (1427-1509) Flowers and Calligraphy Handscroll, ink on paper 27 x 764 cm. (10 5/8 x 301 in.) Inscribed at the age of eighty-one, signed with two seals Colophons by Wang Xideng (1535-1612), Zhou Tianqiu (1514-1595) and others Twenty three collectors' seals including three of Gao Shiqi (1645-1703), four of Lu Shihua (1714-1779), seven of Lu Yuqing (18-19th century), one of Gu Wenbin (1811-1889) and two of He Guanwu (19-20th century) Frontispiece by Lu Yuqing with three seals Titleslip by Wu Zishen (1893-1972) with two seals