PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE TIEN YIN TANG COLLECTION「天隱堂」舊藏WANG CHONG (1494-1533)
Calligraphy in Regular Script, 1527An album of ten double leaves, ink on paper, the final leaf dated Jiajing dinghai and signed Yayizi Wang Chong, with two calligrapher's seals; mounted with a landscape by Qin Zhongwen (1896-1974), ink and color on gold fleck paper, inscribed by the artist with a date of dinghai (1947) signed Liangzi Hecunren Qin Yu with two artist's seals; with an additional colophon, ink on gold fleck paper, signed Erduo (Gong Erduo, 1838-), with five calligrapher's seals, and a total of eleven collector's seals, the outer titleslip inscribed by Qin Zhongwen dated bingxu (1946). 9 1/2 x 10 3/4in (24 x 27.2cm), each double leaf
Provenance:Collection of Yu Liansan (1841-1912)Collection of Qin Zhongwen (1896-1974), 10 September 1946, purchased in BeijingThe Tien Yin Tang CollectionPublished:Gong Erduo. Siwuxie Zhai Wencun published in 1888 In his colophon, Gong Erduo refers to the owner of the present album as "a venerable person official resided in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, and whose private secretary was Ge Qinghou (?-1900). These clues suggest that the collector may have been Yu Liansan (1841–1912). Although Yu was a native of Shanyin, Zhejiang Province, he entered military service in Shanxi at the age of sixteen and spent much of his subsequent career in the province. In the fifteenth year of the Guangxu reign (1889), he was appointed Provincial Administration Commissioner (Buzhengshi) of Shanxi. He was an amateur painter, and an avid art collector.王寵(1494-1533) 楷書吳中諸勝記 水墨紙本 十開冊 一五二七年作釋文:〈西洞庭〉〈東洞庭〉〈靈巖〉〈光福〉〈穹窿〉〈岝崿〉〈楞伽〉〈天平〉〈虎丘〉(文均不錄)款識:嘉靖丁亥九月,雅宜子王寵漫錄吳中諸勝數則於石湖禪院。鈐印:大雅堂、王寵私印、履吉之印藏印:(宮)農山欣賞、宮爾鐸印(秦)秦仲文鑒賞印、雲□寳藏、一印不辨、秦裕之印、秦裕、遵化秦裕之印程氏家藏、字東秦仲文題簽:〈明雅宜山人楷書吳中諸勝記〉,丙戌(1946)中秋購于北平市肆,梁子河村人秦浴時年五十又二。秦仲文繪〈雙清草堂圖〉設色灑金箋 一九四七年作款識:雙清草堂圖,丁亥二月梁子河村人秦浴時年五十有三,寫此並題。鈐印:秦、梁子河邨人宮爾鐸(1838-?)尾跋一:款識:雅宜山人書高情遠韻,夐絕千古。其一種靜穆之味,自足釋燥平矜,怡養性靈,變化氣質,有益後學。不淺小住運城,瑤卿詞宗出示此四冊展玩,累日如對故人。因借歸,雙鈎聊存。中郎典刑瑤老收藏頗富,而幕友戈青矦先生鑒別尤精,故秘笈少贋本。此冊瑤老似不珍重,予故為道其書品之高。如此其跋陶詩云,生平耽愛雅,在於斯。予於抱山人書,亦云。然惜學荒筆燥,不能仿佛萬一。跋山人書,彌自愧也。光緒戊子(1888)龝仲,農山宮爾鐸題於左輔大慶關榷局。鈐印:農山、宮爾鐸印、三十磚城居、關内矦印宮爾鐸(1838-?)尾跋二:款識:予藏宜山人書游包山詩一冊、離騷經一冊,皆晚年手筆,較此尤精,學與年進不虛也。爾鐸又記鈐印:得園來源:俞廉三(1841—1912)舊藏秦仲文(1896-1974)舊藏,1946年中秋(9月10日)購於北平天隱堂舊藏著錄:宮爾鐸著《思無邪齋文存》光緒十四年(1888)刻本宮爾鐸跋文中所提本冊藏者「中郎典刑瑶老」,居山西運城,幕友為戈青矦(?-1900),據此推斷或為俞廉三(1841—1912)。俞氏為山陰人,但自十六嵗起便投效山西戎幕,長期於山西任職,光緒十五年(1889)授山西布政使,能繪,富收藏。
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