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Lot Essay
The round reverse edge of the frame is inscribed with a seven-character eight-line poem, possibly composed by Pu Ru (1896-1963), who was a member of the Qing imperial family, and also a renowned calligrapher and painter. The poem conjures up a scene of mountains shrouded in clouds, with the poet reclining on a sampan appreciating its beauty, and finding himself reluctant to leave.
On one side of the outer round edge of the frame is inscribed with a poem titled, Pengcheng zayong (Intonation of Pengcheng), composed by Sadula (1272-1355), a Yuan-dynasty poet of Muslim or Mongol origin, describing the scenes of the city at the end of the Spring. The other side of the outer round edge is inscribed with four lines from Wang Wei's poem titled, Taoyuan xing (Journey to the peach blossom spring), based on a short prose fantasia, depicting a utopian land hidden from the outside world, titled, Peach blossom spring, by the poet Tao Yuanming (365-427). The handle is further inscribed with archaistic scripts, and a signature of Liu Hengshun (1953-), a contemporary calligrapher and epigraphist.
On one side of the outer round edge of the frame is inscribed with a poem titled, Pengcheng zayong (Intonation of Pengcheng), composed by Sadula (1272-1355), a Yuan-dynasty poet of Muslim or Mongol origin, describing the scenes of the city at the end of the Spring. The other side of the outer round edge is inscribed with four lines from Wang Wei's poem titled, Taoyuan xing (Journey to the peach blossom spring), based on a short prose fantasia, depicting a utopian land hidden from the outside world, titled, Peach blossom spring, by the poet Tao Yuanming (365-427). The handle is further inscribed with archaistic scripts, and a signature of Liu Hengshun (1953-), a contemporary calligrapher and epigraphist.