Lot Essay
This Song dynasty rubbing was engraved by Xu Kai, and from early times was extraordinarily rare. This is the only genuine version known in existance.
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ER WANG TIE (WANG XIZHI, 321-379 and WANG XIANZHI, (344-386 AD)
12th Century Rubbing of Volume Three of the Er Wang Tie
Handscroll, ink rubbed on paper, 9 7/8 x 368 3/4in. (25 x 936.6cm.)
Total of fifty-one collectors' seals, including one of Han Shineng (16th/17th century), ten of Han Fengxi (1578-after 1653), five of Yan Zhe (16th century), two of Wang Shizhen (1526-1590), five of Gao Shiqi (1645-1703)
Nine colophons, including one of Zhu Yunming (1460-1526), He Shaoji (1799-1873), Yu Shaosong (1882-1949), Zhang Zhao (1691-1745), Pan Shi'eng (19th century), and two each of Wang Shizhen and Han Fengxi
12th Century Rubbing of Volume Three of the Er Wang Tie
Handscroll, ink rubbed on paper, 9 7/8 x 368 3/4in. (25 x 936.6cm.)
Total of fifty-one collectors' seals, including one of Han Shineng (16th/17th century), ten of Han Fengxi (1578-after 1653), five of Yan Zhe (16th century), two of Wang Shizhen (1526-1590), five of Gao Shiqi (1645-1703)
Nine colophons, including one of Zhu Yunming (1460-1526), He Shaoji (1799-1873), Yu Shaosong (1882-1949), Zhang Zhao (1691-1745), Pan Shi'eng (19th century), and two each of Wang Shizhen and Han Fengxi
Literature
Cheng Wenrong, Nanchun tiekao (Research of Tie by Nanchun), Xue Hai Press, Taipei, 1977, vol. 1, pp. 269-292
Zhang Yansheng, Shanben beitie lu (Catalogue of Rare Rubbings), Zhonghua Bookstore Press, Beijing, 1984, p. 178
Zhang Yansheng, Shanben beitie lu (Catalogue of Rare Rubbings), Zhonghua Bookstore Press, Beijing, 1984, p. 178