Lot Essay
Sold in these rooms, May 29, 1991, lot 26
Details
WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
Cursive Script Calligraphy (cao shu)
Handscroll, ink on paper, 9¾ x 117in. (25 x 297cm.)
The text is a manuscript of twenty-four poems by the artist
Unsigned and without seals of the artist
Fifteen collectors' seals, including six imperial seals of the Qianlong, Jiaqing and Xuantong Emperors, one of Huang Junbi (born 1898) and one of Prince Cheng (19th century)
Five colophons, including one by Dong Qichang (1555-1636), signed, with two seals and dated renshen year (1632)
Frontispiece by Zeng Hong
Cursive Script Calligraphy (cao shu)
Handscroll, ink on paper, 9¾ x 117in. (25 x 297cm.)
The text is a manuscript of twenty-four poems by the artist
Unsigned and without seals of the artist
Fifteen collectors' seals, including six imperial seals of the Qianlong, Jiaqing and Xuantong Emperors, one of Huang Junbi (born 1898) and one of Prince Cheng (19th century)
Five colophons, including one by Dong Qichang (1555-1636), signed, with two seals and dated renshen year (1632)
Frontispiece by Zeng Hong