Beschreibung:

CHENG SUI (1605-1691) and SHITAO (Daoji, 1642-1707) Fishing Boat and Calligraphy Handscroll, ink and color on silk a. Cheng Sui Lonely Fishing Boat on an Autumn River, 9 7/8 x 26 1/2in. (25 x 67.5cm.) Inscribed with a poem: In this world there is no place without waves and storms Wearing a short rain cape, I row my little boat to and fro; Catching a fish, there is no hurry to buy the wine, Only wait for the crazy poet, who will come wearing moonlight Signed: Gou Daoren Sui Three seals of the artist: Chang Le Wu You, Cheng Sui Zhi Yin, Mu Qian b. Shitao Running Script Calligraphy (xing shu), 9 1/2 x 36 1/2in. (24.2 x 92.7cm.) The text consists of exerpts from ancient Daoist texts Unsigned with five seals of the artist Cheng Sui belonged to a prominent scholar-official family in Anhui province. He was known as a connoisseur and collector of bronzes, jades, painting and calligraphy, as well as an accomplished seal carver. He studies painting in Beijing with Huang Daozhou (1585-1646). During his mature years, which he spent in Nanjing and Yangzhou, Cheng Sui was influenced by the painting styles of Xu Ben (14th century), Wang Meng (1308-1385), his friend Kuncan (1612-circa 1674) and Cheng Zhengkui (1604-1676). During his later years, although closely associated with Wang Shimin (1592-1680), Cheng Sui developed a range of eclectic styles. However, judging by such paintings as his album of landscapes in thimages with extremely dry, tremuous brushstrokes.rse, sketchy na