WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)

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WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)

Cursive Script Calligraphy (cao shu)

Handscroll, ink on paper, 9¾ x 117in. (25 x 297cm.)

The text is twenty-four poems in manuscript by the artist

Unsigned, with no seals of the artist

Fifteen collectors' seals, including six imperial seals of the Qianlong, Jiaqing and Xuantong Emperors, one of Huang Jinji (born 1898), one of Prince Cheng (19th century)

Five colophons, including one by Dong Qichang (1555-1636), signed, with two seals, dated renshen year (1632)

Frontispiece by Zeng Hong