XIAO YUNCONG (1596-1673)

XIAO YUNCONG (1596-1673)
Washing the Ink Stone
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
74.3 x 38 cm.(29 1/4 x 15 in.)
Inscribed and signed by the artist: Xiao Yun Cong
Two seals of the artist: Xiao Yun Cong, Luo Shan Shou Hua Shi
Dated seventeenth day, seventh month, dingyou year (1657)
Further inscribed by Fang Zhaozeng, signed with two seals
Dated winter, wuxu year (1658)
Note: For a brief biography of Fang Zhaozeng,, see Zhongguo meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p. 42