HUA YAN (1682–1756)Tao Hongjing in RetreatInk and colour on paper, hanging scrollInscribed and signed Xinluo shanren, with two artist's seals and three collectors' sealsTitleslip inscribed and dated 1968, with one collector's sealAnnotation on head wrap (baoshou) inscribed and dated 1968, with one collector's seal174 x 92cm (68½ x 36¼in)For further information on this lot please visit theArtist or Maker: Hua Yan (Chinese, 1682-1756)Provenance: 華喦　陶弘景隱居圖　設色紙本　立軸　簽條：新羅山人〈陶弘景隱居圖〉真蹟。公元一九六八年秋月，明齋重裝於香港。鈐印：明齋書畫藏章款識：陶弘景隱句容山，愛泉石松風之樂。朝有大政，梁武每遣人詢之，號山中宰相。贈「通明先生」。新羅山人擬趙仲穆。包首題跋:是幀原為潮城藏家康曉峯君得自作者裔孫華佑卿之手，審定真蹟無疑，珍若拱壁。惜乎時勢易遷，卒不能存，而流徙海外。翰墨因緣，過眼煙雲，其斯之謂乎！華喦（1682-1756），閩之大名家也，斯圖師趙仲穆，寫陶弘景隱居句容山中，具泉石松風之勝，一童子傍待。望之凝之，如山岳有碩德高風，不言而化，令人興起，發奮於不自知。流風餘韻，所謂曠百世向相感者，其在斯乎！一九六八年冬日，明齋誌於檳島。鈐印：布衣生、華喦藏印: 明齋之珍、暫存真廬、汀州康曉峰珍藏書畫印