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(US$38,500-44,900)
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DONG QICHANG (1555-1636)
THE "THOUSAND-CHARACTER CLASSIC" IN WILD CURSIVE SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY AFTER HUAISU (703-AFTER 799)
Handscroll, ink on silk
28 x 1404 cm. (11 x 552 3/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated the fourteenth day of the eighth month of guichou year (1613)
Frontipiece by the artist, signed and with three seals
Total of five collectors' seals, three on the calligraphy and two on the mounting, including one of Wu Zishen and his brother (both 19th century)
THE "THOUSAND-CHARACTER CLASSIC" IN WILD CURSIVE SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY AFTER HUAISU (703-AFTER 799)
Handscroll, ink on silk
28 x 1404 cm. (11 x 552 3/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated the fourteenth day of the eighth month of guichou year (1613)
Frontipiece by the artist, signed and with three seals
Total of five collectors' seals, three on the calligraphy and two on the mounting, including one of Wu Zishen and his brother (both 19th century)