EMPEROR KANGXI (REIGNED 1662-1722)
EMPEROR KANGXI (REIGNED 1662-1722)

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EMPEROR KANGXI (REIGNED 1662-1722)

POEM IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY

Hanging scroll, ink on silk
102.8 x 37.5 cm. (40 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.)
Three seals of the artist: Pei Wen Zhai, Kang Xi Chen Han, Bao He Tai He

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(US$19,400-23,200)

Note:
This poem is by the Tang poet, Zhang Shuo, and is well liked by the Emperor Kangxi. It is recorded in Siku Chuanshu - Qing Shengzu Kangxi Wangdi Yuxuan Tang shi (Selection of Tang poems by Emperor Kangxi), juan (volume) 26.
The scroll is mounted with yellow ground paper painted with two dragons around a flaming pearl, with the characters yu shu (Imperial writing), and surrounded by a border of yellow silk with the wan character pattern - all of which was used exclusively in Emperor's Kangxi's court.

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