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Ren Xun 1835-1893
PORTRAIT WITH LOTUS FLOWERS
ink and color on paper, hanging scroll
with one seal of the artist, ren xun yin
Inscription on painting by Wu Zhaolin (1882-
1942), signed Wu Zhaolin, with one seal, zhao lin
70.3 by 37.3 cm. 27⅝ by 14⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
China 2000 Fine Art Gallery, New York, in 2000
Wu Zhaolin’s inscription:
Flowers of noble character, in bloom across a wild
pond,
Upright and taintless, its fragrance spreads afar.
The wind and moon after a rain, are a good match
for each other,
The Tang court, inconceivably so, have named
the lotus after Liulang.
$ 7,000-9,000
ả啘ġ咖剙檀⢓ġ姕刚䳁㛔ġ䩳庠
憸⌘烉ả啘⌘
柴䔓⽫烉炷⏛⃮湇炸⏃⫸剙攳念慶⠀炻ṕ
ṕⅰ㢵怈㳩楁ˤ桐曥㚰ⶖ⟒㒔炻ỽḮⒸ
⭖娱ℕ恶ˤ⏛⃮湇ˤ憸⌘烉湇
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