Peaches Folding fan, mounted as a hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, inscribed by the artist with a dedication to Meipu signed by the artist Huishu Zhao Zhiqian, with an artist's seal Zhao Zhiqian yin.7 1/4 x 20 1/2in (18.2 x 52cm) 趙之謙 桃實圖 設色紙本 扇面裱為立軸Provenance來源:Far East Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, 1990加州舊金山遠東藝術中心，1990年Published/出版:Andrews, Julia Frances, Michael Knight, and Pauline Yao. Between the Thunder and the Rain: Chinese Paintings from the Opium War Through the Cultural Revolution, 1840-1979, San Francisco: Echo Rock Ventures, in association with the Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, 2000, p. 88Andrews, Julia Frances, Michael Knight, and Pauline Yao,《風雲際會：從鴉片戰爭到「文革」（1840-1979）的中國繪畫》，亞洲藝術博物館，李鐘文亞洲藝術文化中心，舊金山，加州，2000年，頁88Toda, Teisuke and Hiromitsu Ogawa comp. Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Paintings, Third Series, Volume 1: American and Canadian Collections, University of Tokyo Press, 2013, A50-221, p. 220戶田禎佑、小川裕充，《中國繪畫總合圖錄》三編，第一卷，東京大學出版會，東京，2013年，A50-221，頁220Exhibited/展覽:Between the Thunder and the Rain, Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, San Francisco, California, October 25, 2000-January 14, 2001《風雲際會：從鴉片戰爭到「文革」（1840-1979）的中國繪畫》，亞洲藝術博物館，舊金山，加州，2000年10月25日至2001年1月14日The painting is dedicated to Meipu (梅圃), who may be Shu Nan (舒柟), who used the courtesy name Meipu. It was said the two met in Jiangxi Province when Zhao Zhiqian served as an official there. There are other calligraphic and painting works that were dedicated to Meipu, including a large and impressive painting of an ink pine in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing (www.dpm.org.cn/collection/paint/231473.html). There are also letters exchanged between Meipu and Zhao Zhiqian, such as a group of letters sold at China Guardian, Beijing, 23 November 2010, lot 4329. All these works suggest a close relationship between the artist and Shu Meipu. The peach is a symbol of longevity and prosperity. The painting would have been an appropriate birthday gift from the artist to Shu Meipu.從題跋可知，本幅為題獻"梅圃"之作。該"梅圃"或為舒柟（字梅圃）。據説二人在趙之謙任職江西時相識。趙之謙其他作品中亦常有題獻梅圃之作，如北京故宮博物院所藏巨幅《墨松圖》。趙、舒二人間亦有書信存世，其中一批曾現身於中國嘉德2010年11月23日秋季拍賣會上。足見二人關係密切。蟠桃象徵長壽，因此本扇面或為趙之謙為舒梅圃賀壽之作。