WANG SHANGGONG (16th century)

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WANG SHANGGONG (16th century)

Eighteen Scholars of the Tang Dynasty

Handscroll, ink on paper, 12¼ x 153¾in. (31 x 390.5cm.)

Signed: "Painted by Longru of Wujun"

Dated a spring day of guisi year of the Wanli era (1593)

Two seals of the artist: Yun Zhong Jun, Wang Shang Gong Yin

Six collectors' seals

Five colophons, including one by Li Ruiqing (1867-1920), dated the third year of the Xuantong era (1911)

拍品专文

Little is known of Wang Shanggong, except that he specialized in pale, finely detailed depictions of lohans and other figures.