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WANG YEMEI (CIRCA 1832-AFTER 1892)

A FAITHFUL FRIEND

Hanging scroll, ink on satin
Inscribed with a poem and signed, with three seals of the
artist
53 x 15Ω in. (134.5 x 39.3 cm.)

HK$40,000-60,000 US$5,200-7,800

Wang Yin, with courtesy name Yemei, was a Nanjing-born
painter active in the late Qing dynasty, particularly known for
his talent in painting prunus.

清 王冶梅 許石為友 水墨綾本 立軸

題識：蒼然一塊石，厥狀怪且醜。俗用無所堪，時人嫌不取。
結從胚渾始，得自洞庭口。萬古遺水濱，一朝入吾手。
擔舁來郡內，洗刷去泥垢。孔黑煙痕深，罅青苔色厚。
老蛟蟠作足，古劍插為首。忽疑天上落，不似人間有。
一可支吾琴，一可儲貯吾酒。窪樽酌未空，玉山頹已久。
漸恐少年場，不容垂白叟。
回頭問此石能伴老夫否，石雖不能言，許我為三友。
上元冶梅王寅作於申江。

鈐印：繞屋梅花、王寅印、鋒鏑餘生

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