HUANG XIANGJIAN (1609-1673)
Returning from Mount Wu
Handscroll, ink and colour on paper
30 x 187.7 cm. (11 ³⁄₄ x 73 ⁷⁄₈ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated autumn, sixteenth day, ninth month, renyin year (1662)

Colophone by Tang Bin (1627-1687), with two seals
Dated jiachen year of Kangxi period (1664)

Five collectors' seal, including two of Wang Wenbo (1659-1725) and three of An Lan (18th-19th Century).

NOTE:
Wang Wenbo (1659–1725), courtesy name Jiqing and known by the sobriquets Keting and Keting (alternate form), was a native of Xiuning, Anhui during the Kangxi period. He adopted numerous studio names, including Guxianglou, Ting Song Tang and Rongrenju. Accomplished in poetry and noted for his ink orchid paintings, he served as Commandant of the Northern City Military Patrol. He maintained literary associations with Zhu Yizun and others, and was active as a book carver and a collector of books and paintings. His writings include Keting Yuxi and Guxianglou Yingao.”
Anlan, originally named Zhilian, courtesy name Jingfu and studio name Shaoquan, was from Beisha Township in Funing County. A bagong degree holder of 1849 (Daoguang 29), he achieved first class in the court examination and served in acting capacities as Magistrate of Xihua, Luyang, Guangshan and Shangqiu in Henan. His writings were compiled in the Mengbailou Anthology.