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(US$25,600-32,100)
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DONG QICHANG (1555-1636)
"RHYME-PROSE ON THE CELESTIAL HORSE" IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Handscroll, ink on gold paper
30 x 523 cm. (11 3/4 x 206 in.)
Inscribed with the "Rhyme-Prose on the Celestial Horse" originally composed by Mi Fu (1051-1107)
Signed: written by Dong Qichang, dedicated to Lu Shi
Dated the sixth month of dingmao year (1627)
Three colophons: one each by Sun Chengze (1592-1676), Dong Wenji (17th century), and Mi Hanwen (active 1661-1692)
Six collectors' seals: five of Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799) and one of Prince Cheng (1752-1823)
Frontispiece attached with a turquoise green wax paper with painted gold dragon and clouds of the Qianlong era
Inner label by Emperor Qianlong
Label by Sun Chengze
"RHYME-PROSE ON THE CELESTIAL HORSE" IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Handscroll, ink on gold paper
30 x 523 cm. (11 3/4 x 206 in.)
Inscribed with the "Rhyme-Prose on the Celestial Horse" originally composed by Mi Fu (1051-1107)
Signed: written by Dong Qichang, dedicated to Lu Shi
Dated the sixth month of dingmao year (1627)
Three colophons: one each by Sun Chengze (1592-1676), Dong Wenji (17th century), and Mi Hanwen (active 1661-1692)
Six collectors' seals: five of Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799) and one of Prince Cheng (1752-1823)
Frontispiece attached with a turquoise green wax paper with painted gold dragon and clouds of the Qianlong era
Inner label by Emperor Qianlong
Label by Sun Chengze