Jin Cheng (1878-1926)
Landscapes after Old Masters, 1905
Album of twelve leaves, ink and color on paper, each leaf inscribed by the artist, last leaf with a dedication to the artist's son Jin Kaihua (1899-1943), indicating the album painted in yisi (1905), later inscribed and given to his son in dingsi jiuyue ershiliu ri (the 26th of the ninth lunar month, 1917), with fourteen artist's seals reading Jingfu, Gongbo, and one collector's seal.
Preface inscribed by Wu Changshuo (1844-1927) and dated yisi (1905), followed with one seal reading Wu Jun zhi yin; the first colophon by He Weipu (1842-1922), followed by one seal reading Weipu changshou, the second colophon by Jin Ruyi and dated bingwu (1906), with two seals reading Jin Ruyi yin and Yiyun.
26.4 x 36.5cm (10 3/8 x 14 3/8in) each (12).