Dai Xi (1801-1860) Ink BambooPROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARK S PRATT, WASHINGTON, DCDai Xi (1801-1860)Ink Bamboo Hanging scroll, ink on paper, inscribed by the artist and signed Chun Shi Dai Xi, with an artist's seal Chunshi, the poetry hall with an inscription in slender gold script by Tang Hong (1926-2018) dated xinchou (1961) with four calligrapher's seals, the outer titleslip also inscribed by Tang Hong and dated 1961. 25 3/4 x 16 1/2in (65.5 x 42cm) the painting only, 36 1/4 x 16 1/2 (92 x 42) including the calligraphy戴熙（1801-1860） 墨竹 水墨紙本 立軸畫心：款識：醇士戴熙鈐印：醇士詩堂：題跋：曾記瀟湘繫短蓬，隔江煙雨翠重重。驚雷忽報春消息，一夜靈根長籜龍。辛丑元月於香江題戴熙墨竹，乃班立德氏收藏者，鴻兹記。鈐印：大觀、唐、鴻、古城舊家Provenance:Purchased in Hong Kong, 1961來源：1961年購於香港