FIVE RUBBINGS FROM TANG DYNASTY CALLIGRAPHERS

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FIVE RUBBINGS FROM TANG DYNASTY CALLIGRAPHERS

18th-19th Century Rubbings of Standard Script Calligraphy (kai shu)

Five albums, ink rubbed on paper

a. OUYANG XUN (557-641), Fang Yanqian Bei (engraved AD 631)
19th century rubbing, album of eighty-eight leaves, various sizes
Eight collectors' seals and three colophons

b. CHU SUILIANG (598-658), Fang Yuanlin Bei (engraved 7th century) 19th century rubbing, album of twenty-eight leaves, each leaf measures 7½ x 5 5/8in. (19 x 14.2cm.)

c. LIU GONGQUAN (778-865), Fuling Bei (engraved AD 838)
19th century rubbing, album of sixty-four leaves, each leaf measures 10 1/8 x 6in. (25.6 x 15.2cm.)

d. YAN ZHENQING (708-784), Yuanjia Bei (engraved AD 772)
19th century rubbing, two albums with a total of 141 leaves, each leaf measures 8 5/8 x 4 3/8in. (21.9 x 11cm.)
Four collectors' seals

e. WANG ZHIJING (7th century), Lijing Bei (engraved AD 658)
18th century rubbing, album of forty-six leaves, each leaf measures 9 x 4¼in. (22.8 x 10.8cm.)
Fourteen collectors' seals and one colophon (5)