'PINE AND CLIFFS', SIGNATURE OF WANG MENG (1308-1385) Ink and watercolors on silk. Dramatically painted with a gnarled pine tree in front of high towering cliffs, with a small house hidden between them, further cliffs and mountains building up in the background. With a silk brocade frame and mounted as a hanging scroll with fine handles. Inscriptions: Top right, signed Huanghe shanren Wang Meng, two seals. Top center-right, poem and signature of Qian Pu (1408-1488), a Ming official and calligrapher, two seals 'Qian Pu' and 'Zi Yuanpu'. Top center-left, signature and poem of Wang Shuying (d. 1402), a Ming scholar and official, one seal 'Yuancai'. The exterior of the scroll inscribed: Yuanren shuhua ('Painting from the Yuan Dynasty'). Shuangye ('Frost Leaf'). Provenance: From a private estate in Texas, USA, by repute acquired in Japan between 1945 and 1950, and thence by descent in the same family. Label with collector's inventory number to one scroll end. Condition: Good condition with some wear, soiling, minor tears and losses, small old repairs and touchups. Dimensions: Size incl. mounting 131 x 60 cm, Image size 44 x 46.5 cm Wang Meng (1308-1385) was a painter during the Yuan dynasty and one of the Four Great Masters of this period. He was the youngest of the group, and the least famous in his own time. Nevertheless, his style influenced later Chinese painting. In contrast to the relatively spare style of his compatriots, his ropy brushstrokes piled one on the other to produce masses of texture combined in dense and involved patterns. Wang Meng was wrongly accused of conspiring against the Ming Emperor Taizu and spent the last five years of his life in jail. 王蒙(1308-1385)款《霜葉》 絹本設色。近景山崖高聳，山脚松林葱鬱，山間隱隱藏著山居，遠方山脈連綿。帶有錦緞錦緞框架，並作為帶有精美手柄的懸掛式捲軸安裝。 款識：黃鶴山人王蒙題詞鈴印；錢溥（1408-1488), 明代政治人物和書法家，題詞鈴印 ；王叔英(？-1402) 題詞鈴印。 立軸上可見注釋"元人書畫""霜葉"。 來源：德克薩斯私人遺產，據説1945-1950年間購於日本，據説自此保存在同一家族至今。立軸一端有藏家收藏標簽。 品相：狀況良好，有一些磨損，污跡，輕微的撕裂和缺失，少量的舊時維修和修整。 尺寸：含框131 x 60 厘米, 畫面44 x 46.5 厘米