Lot 31
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VARIOUS RUBBINGS

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VARIOUS RUBBINGS

16th-17th century Rubbings of Standard Script Calligraphy (kai shu)

Four albums, ink rubbed on paper

a. OUYANG XUN (557-641), Huangfu Dan Bei (engraved 7th century) 17th century rubbing, album of forty-nine leaves, each leaf measures 9 5/8 x 5½in. (24.4 x 14cm.)
Six collectors' seals

b. LIU GONGQUAN (778-865), Xuanmi Ta Bei (engraved AD 841)
17th century rubbing, album of fifty-six leaves, each leaf measures 11 x 6¾in. (28 x 17.1cm.)
Eight collectors' seals, including three of Liang Qingbiao (1620-1691)

c. XU HAO (703-782), Bukong Heshang Bei ("Stele of Monk Bukong", engraved AD 781), 17th century rubbing
Twenty-six leaves, each leaf measures 9¾ x 6¼in. (24.8 x 15.9cm.)
Twenty-two collectors' seals
Two colophons, including one by Zheng Wenzhuo (1865-1918)

d. BEI XIU (9th century), Guifeng Chan Shi Bei ("Stele of Chan Master Guifeng", engraved AD 855), 16th century rubbing
Fifty-nine leaves, each leaf measures 10 x 5 3/8in. (25.4 x 13.6cm.)
Two collectors' seals (4)

Lot Essay

The following characters of the specified rubbings are complete in these versions:
a. In this rubbing the characters " " are still intact.
b. In this rubbing the chaaracter " " is not yet broken.
c. In this rubbing the character " " is not yet broken.
d. In this rubbing the character " " is not yet broken.