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YAN ZHENQING (708-784)
13th Century Rubbing of the Zheng Zuowei Tie
Running Script Calligraphy (xingshu)
Album of fourteen leaves, ink rubbed on paper, each leaf measures 12 1/8 X 6 1/8in. (30.5 X 15.5cm.)
Six collectors' seals, including two of Wang Cong (1494-1533)
One colophon by Chen Hongshou (1768-1822)
The Shanghai Museum collection holds a Southern Song dynasty copy of the Zhengzuowei tie made before the character chu was broken. According to Zhang Yensheng, author of the book, A Collection of Rare Books and Rubbings, there are no Northern Song dynasty copies of this rubbing with the character you in existence. The Tieqin Tongjian Lou Collection contains a Northern Song copy with a complete "you", but it is missing one page. Therefore this copy, which has both chu and you intact, is the earliest complete example of the Zhengzuowei tie known.
13th Century Rubbing of the Zheng Zuowei Tie
Running Script Calligraphy (xingshu)
Album of fourteen leaves, ink rubbed on paper, each leaf measures 12 1/8 X 6 1/8in. (30.5 X 15.5cm.)
Six collectors' seals, including two of Wang Cong (1494-1533)
One colophon by Chen Hongshou (1768-1822)
The Shanghai Museum collection holds a Southern Song dynasty copy of the Zhengzuowei tie made before the character chu was broken. According to Zhang Yensheng, author of the book, A Collection of Rare Books and Rubbings, there are no Northern Song dynasty copies of this rubbing with the character you in existence. The Tieqin Tongjian Lou Collection contains a Northern Song copy with a complete "you", but it is missing one page. Therefore this copy, which has both chu and you intact, is the earliest complete example of the Zhengzuowei tie known.