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JIN NONG 1687-1763
PLUM BLOSSOMS
ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll
signed Jin Nong, dated jimao (1759) and with one
seal of the artist
with one illegible seal
136.3 by 52 cm. 53⅝ by 20⅜ in.
HK$ 600,000-800,000
US$ 76,500-102,000
金農
梅花
設色絹本 立軸
釋文:元人賦色梅花,越城九里山人王冕畫紅
梅,吳興玉湖生辛貢畫白梅,皆于縑素上寫折
枝,未有紅白相亞在一幅者。余客居多暇,因
用青蚨數杖,買臙脂少許,又滴晨露,調玉臺
靧面之粉,畫此自賞,雙株交幹,著花小繁。
但覺春光撩亂,滿眉睫間老子興復不淺也。
己卯(1759)二月,七十三翁杭郡金農筆記。鈐
印:「金氏壽門」
鑑藏印:一印漫漶不辨
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