李鳳廷摹李公麟馬 (宋)

Horse, figure

1946

67.5 cm (h) x 77 cm (w) (image)

191 cm (h) x 79.8 cm (w) (scroll)

Hanging scroll painting

Ink and colour on paper

Title slip
題簽: 李鳳公摹李公麟馬 宋
Translation: Li Fenggong Emulating Li Gonglin's Horse (Song)

Inscription (top left)
題跋: 李龍眠五馬圖卷均描寫天閑名種茲摹其錦膊騘一正雖不敢云亂真然頗能盡其運筆之奧又不禁為之沾沾自喜也 丙戍清明李鳳公識
Translation: Li Longmian's strolls of Five Horse all depicted famous species/ This emulates his jinbocong horse. Although it does not dare to be mistaken for the authentic work it is quite able to show the profundity in his use of brush/ For this [I] can not help but be pleased. Qingming of bingshu (1946) written by Li Fenggong

Inscription (bottom left)
裝裱題字: 宋李公麟字伯時號龍眠居士舒城善人物鞍馬佛像山水等當為宋代第一
Translation: Song-dynasty Li Gonglin, zi Boshi, sobriquet Longmian jushi, native of Shucheng, skilled in figures, horses and saddles, Buddhist images, landscapes etc, and was number one in the Song dynasty.

Seal of date (top left)
丙戍 (朱文長方印)
Translation: Bingshu (relief)

Artist's seal (top left)
東官李大 (朱文方印)
Transliteration: Dongguan Lida (relief)
拜公 (白文方印)
Transliteration: Baigong (intaglio)

Seal (bottom right)
龍眠家法 (白文方印)
Transliteration: Longmian jiafa (intaglio)

Republican period, Guangdong province

Painting, Chinese