VARIOUS ARTISTS OF THE MING DYNASTY (16TH-17TH CENTURY)
VARIOUS ARTISTS OF THE MING DYNASTY (16TH-17TH CENTURY)

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VARIOUS ARTISTS OF THE MING DYNASTY (16TH-17TH CENTURY)

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Album of twelve double leaves, ink on leaf-shaped paper
Various sizes
Artists include Zhan Jingfeng, Wang Zhilong, Wang Daohong, Wang Jiangong, Xu Gui, Zheng Wen, and others
All correspondence address to Yuansu - Chen Yuansu (late 16th - early 17th century)
With a fan leaf of a poem written in running cursive script calligraphy by Chen Yuansu

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(US$7,700-10,300)

Note:
1. Chen Yuansu was a native of Changzhou, and his sobriquet names include Gubai and Zhenwen. He failed the provicial examinations in the thirty-fourth year of the Wanli era (1606). He was a good calligrapher and painter. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.991.
2. A brief biography of Zhan Jingfeng can be found in Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, ibid., p.1237
3. Xu Gui was a native of Zhijiang and became a jinshi in the fifth year of the Wanli era (1577). See Ming Qing Jinshi Timing Beilu Suoyin, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1999, pp.978 and 2560

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