Lot Essay
(US$10,300-12,900)
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WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
PREFACE TO LI YUAN RETURNING TO PANGU IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Handscroll, ink on paper
25 x 290 cm. (9 7/8 x 114 1/8 in.)
Signed: Zhengming, with two seals of the artist: Wen Zheng Ming Yin, Heng Shan
Dated ninth month, wuwu year of the Jiajing era (1558)
Colophons at the end of the scroll by Wang Ruhuai (18th-19th century) and Huang Junshi (20th century)
A total of seventeen collectors' seals, including:
Wang Ruhuai: Mao Qing Shen Ding, Qu Shui Feng Liu, E Qun Guan, E Qun Mo Ye Zhen Cang Shu Hua, Wang Ru Huai Yin;
Huang Junshi: Huang Shan Tao Shen Ding, Jun Shi Guo Yan; and
Shu Zhai (three times), Zong Mu Lou; Jun Feng Lou; Long [illegible] Shan Qiao; Zhu Jin Xu Mi Cang; Yi Shao Zhi Yi (three times on mounting)
PREFACE TO LI YUAN RETURNING TO PANGU IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Handscroll, ink on paper
25 x 290 cm. (9 7/8 x 114 1/8 in.)
Signed: Zhengming, with two seals of the artist: Wen Zheng Ming Yin, Heng Shan
Dated ninth month, wuwu year of the Jiajing era (1558)
Colophons at the end of the scroll by Wang Ruhuai (18th-19th century) and Huang Junshi (20th century)
A total of seventeen collectors' seals, including:
Wang Ruhuai: Mao Qing Shen Ding, Qu Shui Feng Liu, E Qun Guan, E Qun Mo Ye Zhen Cang Shu Hua, Wang Ru Huai Yin;
Huang Junshi: Huang Shan Tao Shen Ding, Jun Shi Guo Yan; and
Shu Zhai (three times), Zong Mu Lou; Jun Feng Lou; Long [illegible] Shan Qiao; Zhu Jin Xu Mi Cang; Yi Shao Zhi Yi (three times on mounting)