MagnoliaFolding fan, mounted as a hanging scroll, ink and light color on gold-flecked paper, inscribed and signed Huishu Zhao Zhiqian, with a dedication to Lanshu (Ding Wenwei 1827-1897) and one seal of the artist Zhao Zhiqian. 7 1/2 x 21 1/8in (19.2 x 53.6cm),转到 Chinese Paintings Go
注脚:趙之謙　白玉蘭　淡設色紙本　扇面裱為立軸Provenance:Far East Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, October 2001來源:2001年10月購自美國加州舊金山遠東藝術畫廊"Lanshu" might be Ding Wenwei (1827-1890), a native of Xiaoshan (now Hangzhou), Zhejiang province. His flower painting followed the style of Xu Wei and Yun Shouping. He was also a talented calligrapher, specializing in seal and clerical scripts, as well as a bamboo carver and poet. Zhao Zhiqian once painted Lanshu zhu ti Dabi shanguan tu shi yi guang zhi (藍叔屬題大碧山館圖詩以廣之) for Ding Wenwei. The inscription indicated the artist first met Ding around 1851-1852. Their shared interests in painting, calligraphy, and seal carving formed a close friendship between the two. Zhao Zhiqian not only created paintings that were dedicated to Ding Wenwei, but also carved seals for him. For example, a seal reading Ding Wenwei with an additional inscription carved on the side of the stone by Zhao Zhiqian in 1859 is in the collection of Shanghai Museum.