The Wu Dacheng Jijintu Scroll, Qing Dynasty, Late 19th Century. Photo Sotheby's
Ink rubbings on paper, handscroll, signed Yin Bohuan shouta (hand rubbed by Yin Bohuan), with three seals of the artist, bo huang zi ta, ming yu yue ding, yin bo huan, three collector’s seals of Lu Shusheng, lu shu sheng jin shi zhang. Frontispiece by Song Suian（1873-1926) signed suian, dated renyin (1902), summer, with two seals, jing wei, sui an; colophon by Hu Jue (1840-1910), signed Shimen Hu Jue, dated three days before Guangxu renyin chongjiu (October 2nd 1902), one seal meng an; Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), signed Anji Wu Junqing, dated jiachen wuyuemiao (late June 1904), two seals, ku yi jin kuang, lao fou; Wang Renjun (1866-1913), signed Wuxian nian ceng Wang Renjun, dated Guangxu jiachen xiaochuxi (February 2nd 1905), one seal, wang gan zheng shen shi jin shi wen zi; Chen Zhaoxiong (c. 19th-20th Century), signed Chen Zhaoxiong, dated Guangxu kuimao huazhao (February 28th 1903), two seals, zhao xiong yin xin, chen chen tian; Chu Deyi (1871-1942), signed Yuhang Chu Deyi, dated Guangxu sanshi you yi nian xia wuyue (June 1905), two seals, li tang, Chu Deyi yin; Yu Tingfu (ca. 19th-20th Century), signed Renhe Yu Tingfu, dated Guangxu bingwu zhongqiu (October 2nd 1906); Liao Quansun (1844-1919), signed Jiangyin Liao Quansun, two seals, liao, quansun; Wu Hufan (1894-1968), signed Wu Hufan, dated wuyin chunzhong (1938), spring. 211 by 15 1/2 in., 535.9 by 39.4 cm. Estimation 100,000 — 150,000 USD
Provenance: Collection of Wu Dacheng (1835-1902).
Collection of Lu Shusheng.
Collection of Kobayashi Toan (1916-2007).
Private Japanese collection.
Exposition: Exhibition of Paintings, Calligraphy, and Seal Carvings by Masters of Chinese Epigraphy, BSN Niigata Art Museum, 1970.
Litterature: Kobayashi Toan, Compendium of Works by Modern Seal Carving Masters: Works by Kobayashi Toan, Tokyo, 1975, pp. 14-15.
Sotheby's. Archaic Bronzes and the Wu Dacheng Jijintu Scroll. New York. 18 mars 2014 - www.sothebys.com