款識：
〈洛陽伽藍記〉有云：「綠萍浮池，朱荷出水」，朱荷自是一種，非泛指紅蓮也。
壬子嘉平月，履川道長兄自芳洲寓書，囑為其虹若夫人寫此，即乞教正。大千弟爰。癸丑人日環蓽菴寄呈。

鈐印：「大千唯印大年」、「環蓽盦」、「大千世界」、「得心應手」。

展覽及著錄：
台北，國父紀念館，〈再現渡海三家：藝韻風華〉，二○一一年二月十七日至三月十三日，並刊於展覽圖錄，頁26-27
中國美術館，〈江山萬里 ─ 張大千藝術展〉，二○一四年一月二十日至三月三日，並刊於展覽圖錄，頁130-131
山東省美術館，〈千古傳奇 ─ 張大千藝術展〉，二○一四年四月十三日至五月十一日，並刊於展覽圖錄，頁99

-Generally in good condition.
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上款：「履川」即曾克耑（1900-1975），福建閩侯人，承傳家學，早歲赴京受業於桐城派大學者吳北江門下，受經史以及諸子之學，復習詩，師從陳散原。他又工書法，居香江後，歷任各大專院校教席，亦曾赴英作巡迴書畫展。有專集〈頌橘廬詩存〉和〈頌橘廬文存〉問世。

註：大千與曾氏乃摯交。他創作逾半世紀，籌辦展覽或應求畫者索需，筆下實應接不暇，畫上所需賦詩填詞，隻手實難應付。故去國前有謝玉岑、稚柳昆仲，遠棲域外則有曾克耑代為斟酌字句。他五、六十年代常赴港訪友或辦展覽，與曾氏過從尤為密切。如一九六六及六七的近作畫展，皆由履川撰序，而奉為大千畫論要旨之〈張大千畫〉，內容即為他筆錄整理。他們分隔千里之遙，時有魚雁互通。大千常寄贈書畫，無不精心炮製，包括致贈其家屬，如寫水仙贈其子曾永閎。本幅則應曾氏自香江函邀繪朱荷，致其夫人虹若留念。