'BODHIDHARMA', BY WU CHANGSHUO (1844-1927)Ink and watercolors on paper. Virtuoso painted to depict Bodhidharma wearing his characteristic red robe and standing on a reed. An homage to the legend of the Zen patriarch sailing up the Yangzi River on just a single reed.Inscriptions: Signed Wu Changshuo. Dated to May of gengshen year (1920). Inscribed to upper left with a personal dedication to 'Mr. Ikeda, by Wu Changshuo aged 77'. Further inscribed: 'On a reed he crossed the river and for nine years he meditated. Bodhidharma has strength and will to gain enlightenment.” Three seals of the artist: Wu Jun zhi yin, Wu Changshi, and Guiren limin. Note that by repute 'Mr. Ikeda' was Kotaro Ikeda (1895 – 1976), a noted Japanese painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.Provenance: Kotaro Ikeda (1895 – 1976) by repute. Thereafter in a reputed private collection of paintings. Paper label with inventory number '40' to one of the wooden scroll pegs.Condition: Good condition with minor creases, the paper browned, small tears and losses to mounting only, almost invisible foxing and staining.Dimensions: Image size 96.7 x 44.5 cmWu Changshuo (1844-1927) was a prominent painter, calligrapher, and seal artist of the late Qing dynasty. Initially, he devoted himself to poetry and calligraphy with a strong interest in early scripts. He also led the Xiling Seal Art Society, an academic organization for Hangzhou-based seal artists. Only later did he consider himself a painter associated with the 'Shanghai School'. As a painter, he was noted for helping to rejuvenate the art of painting flowers and birds.Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related work by the same artist at Sotheby's Hong Kong in Fine Chinese Paintings on 8 April 2008, lot 85, sold for HKD 511,500.吳昌碩(1844-1927)《一葦渡江》 紙本設色。達摩祖師一葦渡江圖。 款識:一葦渡江,九年面壁,咄哉頭陀,具大法力。成佛志堅,救世心熱,證羅漢果,佐聖賢席,我今在世,天跼地蹐。安得隨師,名山杖錫。得句長吟,霞紅海碧。池田先生屬,沐手敬畫,庚申(1920)夏五月,吳昌碩年七十又七。鈐印:吳俊之印、吳昌石、歸仁里民詩中提到的池田先生即池田倖太郎 (1895 – 1976),一位知名日本畫家。他的作品曾在1932年的夏季奧林匹克的藝術比賽中的繪畫活動中展出過。 來源:池田倖太郎(1895 – 1976) 。此後收藏在著名的私人繪畫收藏中。 藏品編號為“ 40”的紙質標籤貼在一個木製捲軸上。 品相:狀況良好,有細微的摺痕,紙張呈褐色,僅有少量撕裂和裂痕,污漬。尺寸:畫面 96.7 x 44.5 厘米 拍賣結果比較:同一位藝術家相似的作品,售于香港蘇富比Fine Chinese Paintings 拍場2008年4月8日 lot 85, 售價HKD 511,500.