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Wen Peng (文彭; 1497-1573) Chinese Ming Dynasty traditional silk painting, ink and color on silk, signed and dated; in the Forth years of Jiajing Emperor (1521-1567) reign period (ca. 1525)
Towering precipices jut from the trembling River were meandering ships make their way to-and-fro. A stark contrast exists between the dark cliffs, architectural pavilions, and the wavy waters. This balance between light and dark evokes a prominent balance within the work. Above the hills beautifully written characters dangle from the upper left edge as if they were apart of the landscape. This painting was stamped with four red seals at all corners.
PROVENANCE: From the heirloom collections of DR. Wu Guozhen (吳國楨; October 21, 1903-June 6, 1984) was a Chinese political figure and historian, government official who served as mayor of Hankow (1932-1938), mayor of Chung-king (1939-1941), political vice minister of foreign affairs (1943-1945), mayor of Shanghai (1946-1948), and governor of Taiwan (1950-1952) and the former Chairman of Taiwan Provincial Government. He resigned in 1953 and went to the United States. K.C. Wu lived in the United States where he served as professor of Chinese history at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. During his time in the United States, he wrote various works, including a detailed analysis on Chinese culture in the context of mythology and early history in his book The Chinese Heritage.
The second part collections of DR. Wu Guozhen (吳國楨) presented and offered up to auctions: ON DAY-1: From Lot-97 through Lot-124, and continued from Lot-204 through Lot-228. ON DAY-2: from Lot-357 through Lot-386.
LOT NOTES: Wen Peng (文彭; 1497-1573) also known as Shou Cheng and San Qiao, was a maker of personal seals during the Ming dynasty.
He was born in Shanghai and raised in Suzhou, the son of painter Wen Zhengming. Employed as a lecturer by the Guozijian (in both Beijing and Nanjing), he was widely regarded as the founder of modern seal carving. Wen founded the Sanqiao (Wumen) School of seal engraving.
Wen worked originally in ivory, creating calligraphic designs that were incised into the material by his colleague Li Wenpu. However, after creating some experimental seals using soapstone, he switched to using stone for his work, and his later career focuses exclusively on this material. Prior to this, seals had been carved from ivory, bronze or pottery. Wen also developed the modern recipe for the red paste (朱砂) used to create the seal s stamp; he recommended a mixture of ground cinnabar, castor oil and moxa. He Zhen, founder of the Huizhou (Xingyuang) school of seal engraving, was Wen s student.