Lei Yuqing, Cai Min*The Research and Examination ofDrawing of the Moon on theEve of Mid-Autumn Festivaland Other Related Works by Shen Zhou

Abstract: As the leader of Wu School of Painting, Shen Zhou’s works have been counterfeited many times in his contemporary and the future generations.In addition toDrawing of the Moon on the Eve of Mid-Autumn Festivalcollected in Boston Museum of Art, there are six other works under the name of Shen Zhou:The Mid-Autumn Poetrycollected in Taipei Palace Museum,Appreciation of the Moon at Mid-Autumn Festival in Youzhu Villasold at Pauli and Sotheby auction,Feast Under the Moonin the Palace Museum,Drawing of the Moon and Swallowsold at Jiade auction andDrawing of the Tianping Mountainin Shanghai Museum. From the time of painting as well as the inscriptions and postscripts by the painter himself, these six works all have similarities withDrawing of the Moon on the Eve of Mid-Autumn Festival.However, through the research, the author infers that all these seven works are fake. The study of this series of related works provides a reference for establishing standards of appraising Shen Zhou's painting and calligraphyworks. Due to the interpenetration between counterfeiting activities and texts, the reference value of historical documents in authenticity identification is also worth examining and weighting.

Key words: Shen Zhou;Drawing of the Moon on the Eve of Mid-Autumn Festival; Counterfeit paintings

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