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Gu Linshi 1865-1930                                  a paradigm, this painting seems to have captured   柴䔓⽫烉喯㔯⾈媪ⒸṢ䌳㐑娘ˣ㛶⿅妻ᷳ
                                                      fty or sixty percent of the resemblance.          㳩炻䔓Ⱉ㯜Ⲙ渻冒ㆸ嬲ンˤ晾唕䃞㚱↢⠝
LANDSCAPE AFTER WANG SHEN                                                                               ᷳ⦧炻䃞枿ẍ暚䈑攺ᷳˤἄ㴖暚㜛曬冯⬌
                                                     Jianzhai has a line that says: “As long as the     泣句䄏炻㕤㹭㰺㕤㰇⣑ᷳ⢾炻冱ᶾ⬿ᷳ炻
ink and color on paper, hanging scroll               essence su ces, it is not necessary to match       侴ⒸṢᷳ℠✳䚉䞋炻䞍⎌Ṣἄ䔓ᶵẍ䂀㈀
                                                     the appearance, just like the legendary man        䄁暚䁢ᶲˤ℞柴䌳㗱⌧˪䄁㰇䔲⴪⚾˫㖊
signed Gu Linshi, dated dingsi (1917), winter, with  Jiufanggao who knew how to select and judge        ḹˬⰙ俞炻暚俞炻怈卓䞍䞋˭炻ᷫ㍍ᷳḹ
two seals of the artist, he yi, lin shi zhi yin      the great steeds”, which is probably a very tting  ˬỮ夳ℑⲾ呤呤炻㘿䳽察ᷕ炻㚱䘦忻梃Ἦ
Inscription on painting by He Weipu (1842-1925),     analogy.                                           㱱炻䶰㜿䴉炻䞛晙⽑夳ˤᶳ崜察⎋䁢卥
signed Weipu, with one seal, shi sun                                                                    ⶅ炻⇯䞍㗗⚾ᷳ⸥⣯㶙怫炻ᶵ⼺ẍ㰇⣑
113.4 by 54 cm. 44⅝ by 21¼ in.                       $ 15,000-25,000                                    䨢敲䁢⥁ḇ˭ˤ㗱⌧㬌⚾㖑㬠⽉⹄炻ầᷳ
                                                                                                        侭Ṏ䣿傥ㆠ㎋シ尉炻㬋ᶵ⽭夷夷㕤⼊Ụˤ
PROVENANCE                                           栏湇⢓ġầ䌳娝䫮シⰙ㯜ġ姕刚䳁㛔ġ䩳                                 大㳍ẍ⃫䫮侴徥⬳㱽炻⭄℞䱦⥁ᷫ䇦ˤ䵕
                                                     庠                                                  㧠ˤ憸⌘烉娑⬓
Sotheby’s New York, Fine Classical Chinese
Paintings, September 13, 2011, lot 39                㫦嬀烉⬠䌳㗱⌧˪䄁㰇䔲⴪⚾˫䔓㱽ˤầ                                 Ἦ㸸
                                                     ⎌ᷳ忻炻⼿䤆䁢ᶲ炻⼊䁢ᶳˤẍ⼊Ụ䁢
Artist’s inscription:                                婾炻㬌ỽ冯㕤˪䄁㰇⚾˫ˤ劇㚫℞シ⇯㛒                                 䲸䲬喯⭴㭼炻ᷕ⚳⎌ẋ㚠䔓炻2011⸜9㚰13
Following the painterly style of Wang Jinqing’s      ▿ᶵ⋩⎰Ḽℕḇˤ䯉滳娑ḹˬシ嵛ᶵ㯪柷                                 㖍炻㉵⑩䶐嘇39
Misty Rivers and Layered Ridges.                     刚Ụ炻⇵幓䚠楔ḅ↮䘳˭炻⹞⸦⼿ᷳˤᶩ
When Imitating the old masters, the best way         ⶛炷1917炸ẚ⅔炻大㳍栏湇⢓ˤ憸⌘烉浜
is to capture the essence, verisimilitude is         忠ˣ湇⢓ᷳ⌘
something of much less importance. Comparing
this work with Misty Rivers and Layered Ridges as

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