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DONG QICHANG (1555-1636)
RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY AFTER WANG XIZHI (321-379) AND YAN ZHENQING (709-785)
Handscroll, ink on satin
24.5 x 272 cm. (9 3/4 x 107 1/8 in.)
The handscroll consists of "Preface of the Orchid Pavilion" composed by Wang Xizhi (321-379) and running script calligraphy after Yan Zhenqing (709-785)
Inscribed and signed twice: Dong Qichang and Qichang
Five seals of the artist: Dong Xuan Zai, Tai Shi Shi (twice), Xuan Shang Zhai, and Dong Qi Chang Yin
Three colophons by 20th-century contemporaries: Chen Xizu, Lu Zishu, and Wu Ziyu (born 1930)
Four collectors' seals, including two of Qian Yue (1743-1815)
Frontispiece by Rong Geng (1894-1983) with seal
Frontispiece dated an autumn day of jiachen year (1964)
RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY AFTER WANG XIZHI (321-379) AND YAN ZHENQING (709-785)
Handscroll, ink on satin
24.5 x 272 cm. (9 3/4 x 107 1/8 in.)
The handscroll consists of "Preface of the Orchid Pavilion" composed by Wang Xizhi (321-379) and running script calligraphy after Yan Zhenqing (709-785)
Inscribed and signed twice: Dong Qichang and Qichang
Five seals of the artist: Dong Xuan Zai, Tai Shi Shi (twice), Xuan Shang Zhai, and Dong Qi Chang Yin
Three colophons by 20th-century contemporaries: Chen Xizu, Lu Zishu, and Wu Ziyu (born 1930)
Four collectors' seals, including two of Qian Yue (1743-1815)
Frontispiece by Rong Geng (1894-1983) with seal
Frontispiece dated an autumn day of jiachen year (1964)