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Gu Fuzhen (1634-After 1716) SEEKING INSTRUCTION AT JINGJIANG with one seal of the artist, chen zhen se ru Frontispiece by Song Cao (1620-1701), signed Sheling yishi Songcao, dated jisi (1689), the tenth lunar month, with a dedication to Xu Yongxi (1657-after 1736) and three seals, she ling, song cao tu shu, huai nan jiu shi Inscription on mounting border before painting by Jiang Chenying (1628-1699), signed Siming Jiang Chenying, dated jiaxu (1694), autumn, with three seals, zhi ci shi xue, jiang chen ying yin, xi ming; Sun Xiang (1657-1740), signed Sun Xiang, dated jiaxu (1694), the twelfth lunar month, with two seals, chen xiang, zi wei shi; Liu Huizu (17th century), signed Longmian di Liu Huizu, with a dedication to Xu Yongxi and two seals, hui zu, jing shan Inscription on paper before painting by Xiang Congzhong (17th century), signed Shanyang Huiju Xiang Congzhong, with a dedication to Xu Yongxi and three seals, lian ju cong zhong, tian fang; Song Gongyi (17th century), signed Zi’an di Song Gongyi, dated renshen (1692), the tenth lunar month, with a dedication to Xu Yongyi and three seals, he yin shu tai, song gong yi yin, zhi gong bie hao zi an; Yu Mei (unidentified), signed Jinsha dongyuan di Yu Mei, with one seal, yu mei Inscription on painting by He Zhuo (1661-1722), signed He Zhuo, dated jiaxu (1694), summer, with a dedication and one seal, zhuo; Xu Yongxi (1657-after 1736), signed Xiaxiang Xu Xin, dated jisi, the fourteenth day of the tenth lunar month (November 25, 1689), with two seals, xu xin zi tan chang, jia zai ling shan di yi feng; Song Cao, signed Yishi Songcao, with three seals, huai nan yi lao, song cao si yin, she ling Inscription on mounting border after painting by Fang Zhengyu (1654-1734), signed Hezhou di Fang Zhengyu, with a dedication to Xu Yongxi, with three seals, he zhou, bao yu, one illegible Colophons by Wu Yueyan (17th century), signed Hualing Qiaoren Wu Yueyan, dated jisi, summer solstice (June 21, 1689), with a dedication to Xu Yongxi, with two seals, yue yan si yin, gu hu wu ji shu; Liu Yan (unidentified), signed Jiangpu Liu Yan, with three seals, mo fu chu xin, liu yan, zi da shan; Yu Mei, signed Cuiwei shizhe Yuanyi, dated jiaxu (1694), spring, with a dedication to Xu Yongxi and two seals, bing bei bing, yu mei; Xu Shicheng (unidentified), signed Moling Shicheng, with a dedication to Xu Yongxi and three seals, wo wu nan chuang xia, xu shi cheng yin, chong mo; Fang Zhengru (unidentified), signed Longmian di Fang Zhengru, with a dedication to Xu Yongxi, and three seals, wu jia shi , zheng ru, yu an; Dai Mingshi (1653-1713), signed Tongcheng Dai Mingshi, with one seal, ming shi; Lü Gaopei (17th century), signed Xishan Lü Gaopei, with three seals, di er quan, bai ting, da mao xian; Xu Che (17th century), signed Xu Che, with a dedication to Xu Yongxi and two seals, xu che si yin, yang gu; Meng Renhao (unidentified), signed Shanyin Meng Renhao, with three seals, da ya, ren hao tu shu, meng lin cang shi; Zhu Gao (17th century), signed Xishan di Zhu Gao, dated dingchou (1697), spring, with three seals, jia zai wei lan tian, zhu gao zhi yin, one illegible With nine collector’s seals of Xu Yongxi, dong hai xin yin, tan chang, xu yong xi yin, zhou tang, xiu lin shan fang, dong hai zhuang fu, tan chang yin zhang, zhou tang, tan chang; one collector’s seal of Wu Shixian (18th century), gu xin tang yin; one collector’s seal of Wang Jiaotai (Qing dynasty), shi mu yuan; and four other collectors’ seals, bu min tang, bai tai qing xia, qi shi xuan, zui gu tang zhu ren cang ink and color on paper, handscroll 24.2 by 90.2 cm. 9 1/2 by 35 1/2 in.