Dai Xi (1801-1860)
Little Resting Cloud Hut, 1849
Horizontal handscroll, ink on paper, titled by the artist in seal script, dedicated to Zhang Mu (1805-1849), and signed Qiantang Dai Xi, with three artist's seals reading Dai Xi, Chunshi and Chushi Jiafeng, and with two collector's seals of Ye Hefu (1863-1937) on the painting; titleslip by Ye Hefu, dated bingshen (1896); a frontispiece in clerical script by He Shaoji (1799-1873), with one seal of his; three inscriptions written by the recipient Zhang Mu, the first dated the 28th year of the Daoguang reign (1848) and the last dated jiyou (1849), and with a total of nine collector's seals of his; two further inscriptions by the artist, dated the 28th year of the Daoguang reign (1848), and with four seals of his; followed by a further seven colophons: one by Ye Hefu, with another five collector's seals of his; four by Qi Junzao (1793-1866), the first two dated the 29th year of the Daoguang reign (1849) and xinyou and the 11th year of Xianfeng reign (1861), and with a total of five seals of his; one by Feng Zhiyi (1814-1867), dated jiyou (1849), and with one seal of his; and one by Duanmu Cai (19th century), dated renxu (1862), and with one seal of his.
Frontispiece: 31.1 x 97.2cm (12 1/4 x 38 1/4in)
Painting: 31.1 x 97.8cm (12 1/4 x 38 1/2in)
Colophon: 31.1 x 405.1cm (12 1/4 x 159 1/2in)