Bian Lu Yuan Dynasty Plum Blossom and Mandarin Ducks ink and colour on silk, hanging scroll signed Bian, and with one illegible seal of the artist with three collectors’ seals (illegible) Inscription on the poem hall by Wen Zhengming(1470-1559), dated gengxu(1550) and with three seals of his Titleslip by Wu Daben (early 16th century) and with one seal of his; and by Yu Feian(1889-1959), dated twenty-sixth year of the Republican Period (1937) and with two seals of his 121 x 55.5 cm. 47⅝ x 21⅞ in. --------------------------------------------- 邊魯 Yuan Dynasty 梅花鴛鴦圖 設色絹本 立軸 款識：魏郡邊□。鈐印：一印漫漶不辨 題詩堂：(文徵明) 元賢邊魯氏，字至愚，號魯生，宣城人也。擅花鳥，水墨多寫之，工類丹青則少許。世傳其花鳥精致絕相妨。傳邊景昭家留存數幀，曾幾度效仿之。余且未得一見，余生平幾見其怪書奇字，惟其畫僅見尺幅小幀鵪鶉圖，藏之戲玩。余有生嗜古人書畫，嘗忘寢食，每聞一名繪即不遠幾百里扁舟造之，得一展閱為幸。此幀梅花鴛鴦圖乃宜興吳大本家舊藏之物，三月同友人善權因過吳氏之廬，訊其嗣君因索觀之，觸眼一見瀟灑出塵，神氣憬然可掬，猶若臨風把隨珠和璧，為之擎節，即欲效顰一二，恐未有窺其堂奧矣。就余鑒賞漫書如右。庚戌(1550)三月廿四題，徵明時年八十有一。鈐印：文徵明印、徵仲之印、一印漫漶不辨 鑑藏印：三印漫漶不辨 署簽：(于非闇)元邊魯生梅花鴛鴦圖真跡。民國二十六年(1937)非闇于照題。鈐印：于照之印、于非厂 (吳大本)邊魯生梅花鴛鴦圖。吳大本鑑藏。鈐印：大本 注： (1) 邊魯，字至愚，號魯生，色目人，生卒年不詳，活動於元代，自稱魏郡(今河南安陽)人，原籍新疆，官至南台宣使。擅畫，工古文奇字，善墨戲花鳥，名重一時。 (2) 吳大本，字性夫，明寧國府宣城人，正德十六年進士。沈周曾以山水卷為贈，文徵明集中亦有謝吳大本寄茶詩。