QIAN GU (1508-1578)

QIAN GU (1508-1578)
Voyage of the Red Cliff
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
28.3 x 180 cm. (11 1/8 x 70 7/8 in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist
Calligraphy by Wen Peng (1498-1573), signed and with two seals of the artist
Five collector’s seals including one of Fang Junyi (1815-1888) and Wang Zhen (1867-1938)
Frontispiece by Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), dated summer, fifth month, guichou year (1913), with one seal
Titleslip by Wang Zhen, with one seal
NOTE:
The original frontispiece by Qian Gu was lost and replaced by that of Wu Changshuo in the early Republican period.