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AFTER SHITAO (1642-AFTER 1707)
Plum Blossoms on a Cliff
Hanging scroll, ink on paper, bearing an inscription and a signature of Nagao Uzan (Jia Changwei, 1864-1942), was a Kansai-based
Shitao, with four seals, faben fawuchang, xia zun zhe, gaomangzi ji, sinologist, whose specialty was Chinese paintings and calligraphy.
zanzhi shishixun Achang, three collector’s seals Cheng Bofen de miji Nagao worked for Shanghai Shangwu Yinshuguan (The Commercial
zhiyin (Cheng Qi, 1911-1988), kean jianshang, wenqing ceng cang, the Press) in 1903-1914 and was one of the founding Japanese members
wooden box with an inscription by Nagao Uzan written inside of the of the Xiling Yinshe. While in China he befriended Wu Changshuo and
cover, dated xinwei year (1931), followed by Changwei Jia yin (seal of Zheng Xiaoxu, and later supported exhibitions of Wang Zhen in Japan.
Nagao) and Yushan (Uzan). Returning to Japan, Nagao authored books of Chinese art and also
43 1/4 x 19 7/8in (109.5 x 50.5cm) brokered the sale of paintings from Luo Zhenyu’s collection when Luo
was residing in Kyoto. Nagao’s own collection is currently at the Kyoto
$7,000 - 10,000 National Museum. See Hong Zaixin, “Chinese art collecting and the
Japanese market” in Joshua Fogel ed. The Role of Japan in Modern
Chinese Art.
(仿) 石濤 梅花圖 水墨紙本 立軸

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