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DONG QICHANG (1555-1636)R
TWO ODES IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Album of twenty-two leaves, ink on Song dynasty sutra paper
Each leaf measures 27.1 x 14.7 cm. (10 2/3 x 5 3/4 in.)
Ode to Farewell, composed by Jiang Yan (444-505) in running script calligraphy
Ode to a Dancing Crane, composed by Bao Zhao (?-466) in running script calligraphy
Inscribed and signed: Dong Qichang
Two seals of the artist: Zhi Zhi Gao Ri Jiang Guan, Dong Qi Chang Yin
Dated twelfth month, xinhai year (1611)
Colophon by the artist at the end of the album, signed with two seals
Colophon by each of:
Gao Shiqi (1645-1703), signed, with two seals; and
Qianlong Emperor (reigned 1736-1795), with three seals
Six original Song dynasty round seals on the sutra paper: Xing Guo Fu Shou Yuan Zhuan Lun Da Zang Jing
Sixty-eight collectors' seals, including fourteen of Qianlong Emperor, four of Gao Shiqi, eighteen of Zhou You (20th century)
TWO ODES IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Album of twenty-two leaves, ink on Song dynasty sutra paper
Each leaf measures 27.1 x 14.7 cm. (10 2/3 x 5 3/4 in.)
Ode to Farewell, composed by Jiang Yan (444-505) in running script calligraphy
Ode to a Dancing Crane, composed by Bao Zhao (?-466) in running script calligraphy
Inscribed and signed: Dong Qichang
Two seals of the artist: Zhi Zhi Gao Ri Jiang Guan, Dong Qi Chang Yin
Dated twelfth month, xinhai year (1611)
Colophon by the artist at the end of the album, signed with two seals
Colophon by each of:
Gao Shiqi (1645-1703), signed, with two seals; and
Qianlong Emperor (reigned 1736-1795), with three seals
Six original Song dynasty round seals on the sutra paper: Xing Guo Fu Shou Yuan Zhuan Lun Da Zang Jing
Sixty-eight collectors' seals, including fourteen of Qianlong Emperor, four of Gao Shiqi, eighteen of Zhou You (20th century)
Literature
Shiqu Baoji Xubian, juan (chapter) 6, in Midian Zhulin Shiqu Baoji Hebian, Shanghai Bookstore reprint, 1988, pp.3312-3315
Gao Shiqi, Jiangcun Shuhua mu (Catalogue of Paintings and Calligraphy in Jiangcun's, the author, Collection), in Zhongguo Shuhua Quanshu, Shanghai Shuhua Chubanshe, 1994, vol.7, p.1077. In the section of 'Items for my own amusement', the author states "On sutra paper. Colophon by the artist. Authentic and a magnificant piece!"