GONG XIAN (1618-1689)Studio in the MountainsInk on paper, handscrollInscribed and signed Gong Xian, with two artist's seals and four collector's sealsTwo colophons by renowned collector Yan Shiqing (1873-1929) with four calligrapher's seals, dated wuwu (1918)28cm x 236.5cm (11in x 93in)For further information on this lot please visit theArtist or Maker: Gong Xian (Chinese, 1599-1699)Provenance: 龔賢　萬山書屋圖　水墨紙本　手卷款識：萬山中起讀書樓，日日樓前雲霧稠。每到月明林影動，不知幾處瀑泉流。半畝老人龔賢。鈐印：龔賢、半千藏印：還讀書齋珍藏書畫印、南屏、劉春霖印、卐☐題跋：（一）龔山人畫獨闢幽異，蒼渾樸茂，一時無兩。余舊藏山人細筆山水長卷及大冊，皆著名劇跡，今又得此卷，可謂物聚於所好。先是乙卯（1915）歲得覩是卷於友人處，頗愜予懷，不意四歷寒暑，竟歸寒木堂。余於書畫每有奇遇，人或厄我者，造物乃冥冥扶助之，推之人事，比比皆然，不僅書畫一端。自呼信天主人，誰曰不宜。戊午（1918）夏六月。瓢叟記。鈐印：自矜寵、顏世清印、眐柯亭（二）古人能畫長卷，不數數覯，非胸有千巖萬壑，決不敢落筆，否則脉絡鬆懈，東拉西湊，終無是處。沈石田能一揮數丈，真見本領。石谷長箋巨幅任意灑翰，亦能游刃有餘。然石谷長卷，多臨古人粉本，若龔山人則空諸依旁，獨造蹊逕。觀其山川起伏，水石瀠洄，罔不聯接緊湊，毫無鬆懈，而用筆堅剛，運墨精采，猶其餘技。山人生當玄宰以後，在四王吳惲鼎盛之時，能不染華亭婁東些子腳汗氣，可謂畫中豪傑。人生天地間，建功立業，不當如是耶！因展是卷，不禁身世之慨。越日再... For further information on this lot please visit the