Lot Essay
(US$38,500-44,900)
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ZHU YUNMING (1460-1526)
"BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF IMPORTANT FIGURES IN SUZHOU REGION OF THE CHENGHUA ERA" IN SMALL STANDARD SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Album of fourty-three leaves, ink on Ming dynasty printed paper
Each leaf measures 23.4 x 30.3 cm. (9 3/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
The album consists of six volumns
The first three volumns signed: Zhu Yun Ming Zhuan
The fourth and sixth volumns signed: Zhu Yun
The fifth volumn unsigned
Preface by the artist and dated the last day of the first year of the Hongzhi era (1488)
Two colophons, one by Dai Zhaofen (19th century) and the other by Zhou Shouchang (1814-1884)
Twenty-six collectors' seals, including eight of Zhang Xueliang (born 1901), three of Zhou Shouchang (1814-1884), seven of Dai Zhaofen (19th century), and five of Xiang Yuanbian (1525-1590)
"BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF IMPORTANT FIGURES IN SUZHOU REGION OF THE CHENGHUA ERA" IN SMALL STANDARD SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Album of fourty-three leaves, ink on Ming dynasty printed paper
Each leaf measures 23.4 x 30.3 cm. (9 3/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
The album consists of six volumns
The first three volumns signed: Zhu Yun Ming Zhuan
The fourth and sixth volumns signed: Zhu Yun
The fifth volumn unsigned
Preface by the artist and dated the last day of the first year of the Hongzhi era (1488)
Two colophons, one by Dai Zhaofen (19th century) and the other by Zhou Shouchang (1814-1884)
Twenty-six collectors' seals, including eight of Zhang Xueliang (born 1901), three of Zhou Shouchang (1814-1884), seven of Dai Zhaofen (19th century), and five of Xiang Yuanbian (1525-1590)