Zhang Zeduan, 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival', Northern Song Dynasty. Length: 1090 cm (429.13 in); Width: 27 cm (10.63 in); Length: 570 cm (224.41 in). Genre handscroll Along the River During Qingming Festival on aged silk. The golden speckled frontispiece bears four running script characters Vivid as Living inscribed by Liu Yong. Meticulous architectural line work depicts bustling Northern Song Bianjing cityscape: crowds on the rainbow bridge, river boats, shops and ordinary townsfolk rendered with intricate lifelike detail, precise architecture and soft antique tones.The tail section holds segmented appreciative colophons by Wen Zhengming, Tang Yin, Wang Shimin and other literati with multiple connoisseur seals. Preserved in original silk scroll tube, a complete integrated work of painting and calligraphy with full provenance.

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