Lot description
IMMORTALS PLAYING CHESS Handscroll, ink and colour on silk 29 x 93.5 cm (11 1/3 x 36 3/4 in.) Signed: Shizhou Qiu Ying One seal of the artist: Shi Zhou Fourteen collectors' seals, including: Liang Qingbiao (1620-1691): Jiao Lin Shu Wu (on mounting); Liang Qingjun (17th century): Liang Qing Jun, Chang Shan Shi Jia, Yuan Ying Zhai Cang; Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1759): Qian Long Yu Lan Zhi Bao, Shi Qu Bao Ji, Qian Long Jian Shang, San Xi Tang Jin Jian Xi, Yi Zi Sun (complete set of five seals); Emperor Jiaqing (r. 1796-1820): Jia Qing Yu Lan Zhi Bao, Bao Ji San Bian; Emperor Xuantong (r. 1909-1911): Xuan Tong Yu Lan Zhi Bao; and Chun Zhong Tang; Feng Ri Lou Tu Shu Ji (on mounting) Inscription after the painting by Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), stating that this painting was executed by Qiu Ying before he was thirty years old, and painted for Wu Kuan (1435-1504). Signed: Changzhou Wen Zhengming, with one seal: Zheng Ming Dated fifth day, seventh month, bingchen year (1556) Two collector's seal of Liang Qingbiao: Tang Cun Shen Ding, Jiao Lin Frontispiece by Wen Peng (1498-1573), signed: Sanqiao Wen Peng Two seals of Wen Peng: Wen Peng Zhi Yin, Wen Shou Cheng Shi One collector's seal: Ting Yu Zhai Cang
