Wen Zhengming Tea Set Ten Chants Picture Axis

[Wenzhengming Ten Odes to Tea Set]

Ten Odes to Tea Set, Ming Dynasty, Wenzhengming Painting, paper, ink, 136.1 cm in length and 26.8 cm in width
The picture shows that under the green mountains, the trees are shaded, the two thatched houses are within the fence, the owner is sitting in the room with books and pots, and the boy serving tea in the other room is boiling water. It was learned from the payment bureau that three days before the valley rain in the 13th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, a grand tea tasting party was held in Tianchi and Huqiu in Suzhou. The author was unable to attend because of illness. His friend sent several good teas. So the boy was asked to draw the spring, blow the fire, cook the tea, pour and drink the tea, and judge the superiority of the tea. I can’t help thinking of the Tang Dynasty poet Pi Rixiu’s poem “Miscellaneous Chants in Tea • Tea Set” and Lu Guimeng’s poem “Ten Chants of Tea Set”, so I remembered their singing and elegant interest, and the poetry was also up to ten. The composition of the picture is full, horizontal and narrow, vertical and high, the theme is prominent, the brushwork is fine and vigorous, and the ink is simple and elegant, which implies a strong scholar’s refined temperament
At the top of this picture, there are ten five-character rhythmic poems entitled “Ten Odes to Tea Set”, which are respectively tea dock, tea man, tea shoot, tea pot, tea house, tea stove, tea roasting, tea tripod, tea ou and tea boiling. Post payment: “Jiajing was thirteen years old at Jiawu. Three days before the valley rain, the tea business in Tianchi and Huqiu was the most prosperous. The rest of the party rested in a room with a disease, so they could not go to the same tasting meeting with the good people. The good friend said that I walked two or three kinds of Hui, which was cooked and sipped by drawing water from the spring and blowing fire, often from the top to the bottom, in order to adapt to its leisure interest. I recalled that the” Ten Songs of Tea Set “of the Lu generation of Tang Xianpi, because it was the second time to catch up, was not dare to steal it and attach it to the two sages, so as to chat with them for a moment. It was a small picture, so it was recorded. Hengshan Mountain Wen Zhengming knows. ” Seal “sign” and “Ming” with the joint bead seal of Zhu Fang. In 1534, the 13th year of Jiajing, Wen Zhengming was 65 years old. At the lower right, there are “Zheng Zhong’s father’s seal”, “Bai Wenfang’s seal” and “Hengshan’s”, Zhu Wenfang’s seal
There are Sun Yufeng’s “Hongyizhai Calligraphy and Painting Record” Zhu Wen rectangular seal, “Sun Yufeng’s Treasure Seal” Zhu Wen rectangular seal, and “Zhang Heng’s Private Seal” Bai Wen square seal in the collection