石渠寶笈三編(御書房),第七冊,頁3121&*故宮書畫錄(卷五),第三冊,頁440-441&*故宮書畫圖錄,第八冊,頁197-198&* 周之冕(西元一五四二-一六○六年),江蘇長洲人。字服卿,號少谷。書工古隸。善畫花鳥,家中蓄養各種禽鳥,能詳細觀察飲啄飛止的動作,因此用筆很有生意。 畫蘋花紅蓼,雜以蒲荷。葡萄老幹一枝,糾纏盤結,松鼠據籐而伏。全畫不用墨勾,是很好的沒骨設色花卉,筆意頗為生動。 &*Squirrel on a Grapevine Chou Chih-mien (ca. 1542-1606) Ming Dynasty Chou Chih-mien, style name Fu-ch’ing and sobriquet Shao-ku, was a native of Ch’ang-shu in Kiangsu province. He was a skilled calligrapher in the ancient clerical style and a good painter of birds and flowers. In order to study their habits and movements, he kept a rich variety of birds in his home. His paintings were consequently very lifelike. Marsilia and polygonum mingle with rushes and lotus. Above, a squirrel perches on a tangled grapevine. There are no ink outlines in the painting; everything has been painted with the mo-ku, or “boneless”, technique in colors. This painting is full of life.