Jigsaw puzzle №047 - Yuan Mei handscroll

 For a long time I could not prepare photos of this puzzle for publication. I made this puzzle in the summer of 2019, but I'm only showing it now.

Yuan Mei (1716-1797) and his female students handscroll,

 ink and colour on silk 41 x 302.5 cm. (16 1/4 x 119 in.)
Inscription indicates that the portraits were painted by You Zhao and the rest by Wang Gong
One seal of Wang Gong
Inscribed by Yuan Mei with an identification of each figure, dated the first year of the Jiaqing era (1796) with eight seals
Thirty colophons by students of Yuan Mei with a total of fifty eight seals
Frontispiece by Wang Wenzhi (1730-1802) with two seals

Provenance
The Lu Fang Ge collection of chinese paintings

Свиток Юань Мэй (1716-1797) и его учениц. Тушь и краски на шелке 41 x 302,5 см. (16 1/4 x 119 дюймов)

Надпись указывает, что портреты были написаны Ю Чжао, а остальные - Ван Гун.

Одна печать Ван Гун

Надпись Юань Мэй с идентификацией каждой фигуры, датированная первым годом эры Цзяцин (1796 г.) с восемью печатями.

Тридцать колофонов учеников Юань Мэй, всего пятьдесят восемь печатей.

Фронтиспис Ван Вэньчжи (1730-1802) с двумя печатями

Происхождение

Коллекция китайской живописи Лу Фанг Ге

 

This puzzle turned out to be the longest I've ever created. This size:
965*285mm

806 pieces

Yuan Mei (1716-1797) portrait

I created a whimsies with characters from traditional Chinese and Japanese painting for this puzzle.

Several stages of work.

The puzzle is long, so I split it into several separate pieces.

I connected its with nails and cut them together for a perfect seam.

After sanding the back side, I painted the whims with stain. Sorry for the photo, but this time I was without a camera and took pictures with my phone.

Face of puzzle:

Back side