Lot 2058. Wu Wei (1459-1508), Travelers in the Mountains. Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, signed Xiaoxian, with one artist's seal Xiaoxian siyin, inscription signed Zhengwei, followed by a seal reading Jitong suocang, and additional three collectors seals, two of them reading Li Pu jianding, Mengmei xianguan zhencang yin. 65 3/8 x 36 1/2in (166 x 92.7cm). Estimate USD 60,000 ~ 80,000. Sold for US$ 62,500 (€57,859). Photo: Bonhams.

Note: The inscriber, Pan Zhengwei(1791-1850), pseudonym Jitong, was a wealthy Cantonese merchant, yet a well-known calligraphy and painting collector and connoisseur. Part of his painting collection is published in Tingfanlou shuhuaji (聽颿樓書畫記). The inscription is dated to gengzi year (1840). According to the inscription, Pan Zhengwei first saw this painting while he was invited to a dinner at his friend's place. He immediately fell in love with it, and traded a Wen Zhengming painting for this Wu Wei on the next day.