WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)

WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559) Cloudy Mountains Handscroll, ink and colour on paper 29.8 x 181 cm. (11 3/4 x 71 1/4 in.) Inscribed and signed by the artist: Heng Shan Wen Bi Four seals of the artist: Zheng Ming, Wu Yan Jian Yin, Wen Zheng Ming, Wen Bi Yin. Dated fifth month, wuchen year (1508) Frontispiece by Wang Wen, signed with two seals: Tai Xian Zhi Zhang, Wang Shi Zi Yu Colophons by Huang Yun, dated summer, twenty-eighth day, fifth month, third year of Zhengde era (1508), signed with one seal: Ying Long Si Yin; Wang Shizhen, dated third month, gengwu year (1570), signed with five seals: Wang Yuan Mei Shi, Tian Qi Ju Shi, Tai Pu Si Yin, Fu Zhi Yun yang Deng Chu Guan Fang Yuan Mei; Bi Maokang, dated sixth year of Chongchen era (1633), with one seal; Li Borang, dated sixth month of Chongchen era (1634), with one seal NOTE: For a brief biography on Wang Yun, see Zhongguo Lidai Renming DaCidian, (Shanghai People's Fine Art Publishing House), 2005 (13th ed.), p. 2061