From various private collections, Adelaide | 阿德萊德私人收藏諸家(Lot 21 to 24)
Deng Zhaoyuan (Qing dynasty)
Versifying about Snow Ink and colour on paper, hanging scrollInscribed and signed Deng Zhaoyuan, with one seal of the artist, and a dedication148.0 x 40.0cm
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Provenance:Private collection, Adelaide鄧肇元 柳絮才高 設色紙本 立軸款識:晉太傅謝安因雪驟降欣然曰,「白雪紛紛何所似?」。兄子客兒曰,「撒鹽空中差可擬。」兄女道蘊曰,「未若柳絮因風起。」安謂,「柳絮才高不道鹽也。」仿顧雲臣先生筆法,奉月波大公祖大人鈞鑒。高涼鄧肇元。鈐印:仁山謝安與侄兒侄女以雪吟詩的典故見於劉義慶《世說新語》。謝侄女謝道韞以柳絮比雪大得謝安讚許,遠勝其侄兒「撒鹽」一說,後世故以「詠絮才」來讚譽有文采女子。「柳絮才高不道鹽」,出蘇軾《謝人見和雪後書臺壁二首》。鄧肇元(清),廣東吳川人。精鑑賞,家藏仇英、陳洪綬頗豐,工人物樓閣。傳承:阿德萊德私人收藏