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水墨山水小軸
Wang Hui (Chinese, 1632–1717)
Chinese
Qing dynasty
Object Place: China

Medium/Technique ink on paper
Dimensions Image: 32 × 19.8 cm (12 5/8 × 7 13/16 in.)
Overall: 229 × 53.3 cm (90 3/16 × 21 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession Number2018.2805
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Signed Viewers’ colophons (Top to bottom/ Right to left):

1 Yang Xiquan 楊希銓 (1787 ¬– 1855), Shen Hanzhuang’s cousin 表兄, dated 1837 (Daoguang reign, the seventh day of the seventh month of the year Dingyou 道光丁酉七夕)
志稱烏目山人運筆搆思天機迅露逈出時流,從二王遊又悉意臨摹,盡得董巨以逮,黃王倪吳諸家用筆之秘。嘗自道其精進時,行若遺、坐若忘、寢食俱癈,探賾索冥,以與古人相遇於幽眇之中,凡歷數年而所學始大就。蓋其肆力於古之久而深造自得以卓然成為一家者如此。當時梅村題其山水云:真宰英靈厭寂寥,江山幻出王郎筆。又云:取象經營巧且密,丰神點拂畫圖中。其筆思縦橫參乎造化,真思翁所謂以天地為師者,宜咨美不置而視為希世之珍也。特是丹青馳譽揮灑雲煙縑素流傳,詎少贋鼎之雜出,自非鑒別精審烏能不為所炫哉?沈太親翁怡雲先生精於鑒古,多蓄古人名蹟, 逸帆姑丈秉承 庭訓,耽嗜尤篤,搜羅尤富,昔年陪侍間出一二相示,皆前賢墨妙。宦遊廿年暌達既久,不知錦董瑤軸又添幾許珍品矣。適 菡莊表弟郵寄石谷小幅屬題,知其近從市肆購得,展幀諦觀,覺淡遠蒼秀,結構渾成,而神韻天然,有非俗手所能彷彿者,自非肆力於古者深,安能有是耶!其為希世之珍,而足以增光什襲何疑。余與菡莊別久,初不知其摩挲古澤而鑒審之精如此,洵乎克紹家學者矣!爰識數語而歸之。
道光丁酉七夕研芬楊希銓書於肇郡官舍
Seal: Chen Xiquan yin 臣希銓印 (square, intaglio)

2 Yao Fuzeng 姚福增 (Shen Hanzhuang’s uncle 表叔), dated 1837 (midwinter or the eleventh month of the year Dingyou丁酉仲冬)
丁酉仲冬,硯芬前輩來京師m㩗王耕煙山水示余,云是菡莊表姪於市肆真偽錯雜中抉而出之者,吾聞菡莊篤學嗜古尤精鑑別,今觀此幀,信然。姚福增觀
Seal: Yao Fuzeng yin 姚福增印 (square, intaglio)

3 Weicun 蔚村, dated 1835 (autumn or the eighth month of the year Yiwei乙未仲秋)
古云有深嗜者必有厚報,又曰天地之間物各有主,(旨)哉斯言!大者無論矣,求古制於銷殘剝蝕中,即一名一器亦不輕與焉。沈子子文年最少而嗜古最深,於名人筆墨尤極留意。今歲秋偶遊簾肆得石谷子山水一幀,尺幅中煙雲層疊,景物蔭翳,妙製也!呈諸巨眼鑒賞逼真,而屬序于余,余惟與子文之祖怡雲先生聚首廿年,每於予課徒之暇,譚論往古,衡斷玩好,圖書繪篆,羅列盈几。余曰:嘻!先生休矣,魯鼎周璞,何在無之,而顧抗言匫董乎?先生曰:不然,余所蓄者近今名筆也,豈若王逸少書黃庭經、吳道子畫五星圖,真贋不由人辨哉!余生平所耿耿者,獨不得畊煙真蹟耳!今先生下世十有餘年,而令孫子文適然購之,久慰先人未逮之志,非所謂:嗜必有報,物各有主乎?爰即孟浪數言,書于尾、懸其軸、臥游數日,不能盡因什襲而帰之。乙未仲秋蔚村題於賓連書屋
Seals:
Zuigu 醉古 (rectangular, relief)
Wang Zu’en yin 汪祖恩印 (square, intaglio)
Lancun蔚邨 (square, relief)

4 Yang Xiyu 楊希鈺 (Shen Hanzhuang’s cousin 表兄), dated 1836 (Daoguang reign, one of the last ten days of the tenth month in the year of Bingshen 道光丙申小春下澣)
吾表弟沈子菡莊,承叁世之清德,志尚高雅,舊藏法書名畫甚夥,能鑒別而寶愛之。間有新得必以示余,余每入城必於金粟山房流連竟日,此王石谷山水小幀,近以廉價得之市肆者也。石谷畫近已不易得,此幅神情蕭散,筆法緜密,其為真鼎無疑。既重為裝池屬記數語于上方。 道光丙申小春月下澣 鳳麓楊希鈺呵凍書
Seal: Shuxiang Yanpei 叔相硯培 (square, relief)

5 Weng Baofeng 翁苞封 (Weng Tonghe’s distant relative 族祖), undated
菡莊頃自肆中購此石谷山水,出以示余,顧余素不諳畫,而於鑒別名蹟之真贋尤所未嫻,無乃問道於盲乎?然此幀之秀韻天成,迴非流俗所能仿彿,雖盲者亦恍如刮目鎞也,菡莊其寶之。 石梅居士書於斗廬之南牕
Seal: Weng Baofeng 翁苞封 (square, intaglio)

6 Yang Xiyong 楊希鏞, dated 1837 (Daoguang reign, the fifteenth day of the ninth month of the year Dingyou道光丁酉九月望日)
道光丁酉九月望日楊希鏞敬觀於活活潑潑地
Seal: Shenghe 笙和 (double-ring-shaped, relief)

7 Ji Ziming 季子銘 (Shen Hanzhuang’s brother-in-law 妻舅), dated 1838 (Daoguang reign, three days before the beginning of autumn or August 7, 8, or 9 of the year Wuxu道光戊戌立秋前三日)
昔歐陽子云:物常聚於所好,而常得於有力之彊,有力而不好,好之而無力,雖近且易有不能致之。特以名家墨妙,世共爭購,欲獲真鼎,什不一二。妹婿菡莊家藏名跡甚富,童而習之鑒古頗具隻眼。茲得石谷小幀,名公俱加題賞,筆妙無庸復贅。辱承示余,私幸眼界之一新也。爰綴數語以歸之。時道光戊戌立秋前三日宏農季子銘識於澹宜居中
Seals:
Ximing 希銘, Yanti 雁題 (possibly double stamped; intaglio, relief)
Xiuzhu wulu修竹吾廬 (square, intaglio)
8 Weng Xincun 翁心存 (1791–1862), dated 1835 (Daoguang reign, one of the first ten days of the tenth month in the year of Yiwei乙未道光十五年小春月上澣). (Note: Weng Tonghe said that this colophon was not written by Weng Xincun)
歲乙未余奉 命典試浙省乞 假省覲適 菡莊弟出新得石谷畫見示鞅掌之餘,得覩此名人真跡與故鄉山水相輝映,不覺心目爽然,塵襟頓豁。因披展再四並誌數語於右方。道光十五年小春月上澣翁心存拝觀
Seals:
Weng Xincun翁心存, Er’ming 二銘 (possibly double stamped; intaglio, relief)

9 Jiang Yinpei 蔣因培 (1768 – 1839), dated 1836 (Daoguang reign, two days before the Major Cold, or January 19, 20, or 21 of the year Bingshen 道光丙申大寒前二日)
石谷論畫云:要繁不可垂,密不可窒,伸手放腳,寬閒自在。又曰:皴擦不可多,厚在神氣不在多也。此幀用墨不多而蕭踈隽逸,脫去町畦與近今人徒恃其稿本刻意臨摹以致姿韻俱失者,相去何啻霄淵矣。菡莊於市肆見之即購帰裝治珍之祕笈,可謂具眼。道光丙申大寒前二日蔣因培觀并記
Seal: Bosheng伯生 (square, relief)

10 Wang Jiaxiang 王家相 (1577 – 1636), dated 1837 (Daoguang reign, one day before the Grain Rain, or April 19, 20, or 21 of the year Dingyou 道光丁酉三月榖雨前一日)
道光丁酉三月穀雨前一日王家相觀
Seals:
Wang Jiaxiang yin王家相印 (square, intaglio)
Yizhai 藝齋 (square, relief)

11 Yan Chaobiao 言朝標 (1755 – 1837), dated 1836 (the last month of winter or the twelfth month of the year Bingshen 丙申季冬)
丙申季冬 沈君菡莊以所購石谷山水幀見示,余披圖觀玩,覺着墨無多,而一種幽情逸致逈別恒蹟,誠非凡手丹青所能望其項背。余聞 菡莊代傳好古,今得此真蹟軸而藏之,自見賞識有真,克紹世德之清芬矣。皋雲言朝標書
Seal: Gaoyun 皋雲 (square, relief)

12 Xu Tinggao 許廷誥 , undated
王太常論畫云:形似者神不全,神似者形失肖,求其形神俱全,羅古人於尺幅,萃眾美於筆下者,五百年來石谷一人而已。菡莊先生精深鑒別,多蓄名迹,得此幀于市集,重加裝池,余因得借觀為識語如右。伯纖許廷誥
Seal:
Xiaoyu 小漁 (rectangular, intaglio)
Xu Bojian 許伯堅 (Square, relief)

13 Tao Jingqing 陶景清, dated 1837 (six days after the ancient Flower Festival or the twelfth day of the second month of the year Dingyou 丁酉古花朝後六日)
石谷畫道甲天下,當時婁東二王猶自謂不如。蓋其氣韻位置天然生動直欲令古人歌笑出地,茲雖小幀具有尋丈之勢。 菡莊先生於市肆得之,亦可見賈胡眼光到處自不凡也。 丁酉古花朝後六日嘯霞陶景清識
Seal: Shihu士壺 (square, relief)

14 Juqiao 菊嶕, dated 1837 (the Mid-Autumn Festival or the fifteen day of the eighth month of the year Dingyou 丁酉中秋)
石谷子盛年遊京師,與婁東諸家齊名,或有挾行。看子自析津造請補圖以道遠禮厚著意繪如其請,初不知其豪富自輿臺起家者焉。嗣知梗槩,深恥品緣是玷,遂剋日逸歸。余遊粵東依雷州郡守王寉舟幕。鶴舟亦係析津人畫宗麓臺,考訂藝苑頗精云:於鄉居時曾見所補圖,詢為神品,說非無據。可見古人以才藝名也,立品高則享名重,彼世之浪得名而不植品者,殆未使聞。石谷逸事云今見菡莊此幀因憶所聞為綴數語於左角。丁酉中秋菊嶕識觀
Seal: Xiaozi A’quan小字阿泉 (square, relief)

15 Wu Dacheng 吳大澂 (1835 – 1902) Seal: Wu Dacheng yin 吳大澂印 (square, intaglio)

16 Weng Tonghe 翁同龢 (1830 – 1904), dated 1871 (the nineteenth day of the third month of the tenth year of the Tongzhi reign 同治十年三月十有九)
道光乙未 先公典浙江試事畢,便道省親,初抵里,拜奉天府丞之 命,而先祖母張太夫人疾初愈,強起促 先公行,先公終日兒啼不忍去。此幀題識蓋他人所書,非公筆也。方是時龢年髫齕耳。不數十年人事變遷,湖山城郭皆非夙昔,嘻足悲矣。幀內題跋,輩行最尊者言皋雲、王萟齋兩先生。皋雲柳州府知府,萟齋南汝光道。其次則山東知縣蔣伯生也。楊研芬丈惠州府知府,鳳麓、笙和,其弟也。許伯緘某縣典史,詩文皆有集。菊嶕於伯緘為父行,而年少於伯緘。姚湘坡以御史告歸。石梅居士則龢之族祖竹君翁也。 同治十年三月十有九日翁同龢謹記
Seal: Tonghe siyin同龢私印 (square, intaglio)
Marks Artist’s seals:
Zhuyuan 竹爰
Wang Hui 王翚
InscriptionsArtist’s inscription and signature (5 columns in standard script, undated)
渺渺青山接水光,飛飛寒雁背忙人。沖別浦,轉橫塘,兩岸蘆花一夜霜。石谷王翚
The boundless green mountains blend with their watery reflections. Wild geese fly off in winter, turning their backs on man in a frenzy. He rushes to the other shore, circling around the dike. Fluff on the reed blossoms along both banks has frosted in a single night.
Shigu, Wang Hui
Provenance19th century, Weng Tonghe (b. 1830 - d. 1904), Beijing and Changshu, China; 1904, by inheritance from Weng Tonghe to his great-grandson, Weng Zhilian (d. 1919), Changshu and Tianjin; 1919, by inheritance from Weng Zhilian to his son, Wan-go H.C. Weng, Tianjin, New York, and New Hampshire; 2002, transferred to the Hsing Ching Weng Trust, New Hampshire; 2018, gift of the Hsing Ching Weng Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)