A 17TH CENTURY RUBBING
The Preface to the Buddhist Scriptures by Chu Suiliang
Album of fourteen leaves, ink rubbing on paper
Each leaf measures 29.1 x 17.6 cm. (11 ½ x 6 ⅞ in.)
One collector’s seal of Miao Yuezao (1682-1761)
Two collector’s seals of Li Hongrui (1831-1885)
Six collector’s seals of Liu Shiheng (1875-1926)
Three collector’s seals of Liu Zhisi (1900-1937)
One colophon by Gu Shoupeng (1795-1862), with two seals
Dated jiayin year (1854)
One colophon by Gu Tingxi (1831-1860)
Dated twentieth day of the twelfth month, bingchen year (1856)
One colophon by Zhao Shijun (?-1927)
Dated third month, jiwei year (1919)
One colophon by Shimitsu Tōzō (1893-1970), with two seals
Dated fifth month, bingwu year (1966)
Titleslip by Hu Lancheng (1906-1981)
Dated dingsi year (1977)
Frontispiece inscribed and signed by Zhao Shijun, with two seals
Dated first month, renxu year (1922)