Lot 1119: CAI RUNSHI (1616-1698)

PLUM BLOSSOMS

Handscroll, ink on paper
30 x 198 cm (11 x 78 in.)
Inscribed with a poem at the end of the scroll and signed by the artist: Cai Runshi
One seal of the artist: Can Run Shi
Ten collectors' seals, including one of Zhang Tingji (1768-1848), one of Deng Shi (?-1948), and two of Zhou Xiaoxiang (1880-1954)
Colophons at the end of the scroll by each of Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), Wang Wenzhi (1730-1802), Zhang Tingji, and He Weipu (1844-1925)
Frontispiece by Ruan Yuan (1764-1849)

Note:
Cai Runshi was also known as Cai Shirun. She was the wife of Huang Daozhou. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.1368

(US$10,300-12,900)