Lot Essay
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WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
THOUSAND CHARACTER ESSAY IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Album of seventeen leaves, ink on paper
Each leaf measures 26.5 x 14 cm (10 1/3 x 5 1/2 in.)
Last leaf signed by the artist: Zhengming
Three seals of the artist: Wen Zheng Ming Yin, Heng Shan, Ting Yun
Dated eighth month, renzi year of the Jiajing era (1552)
Colophons at the end of the album by each of Wu Shoufu, Xu Naihe, and Guo Mingzhi (all 19th - 20th century)
Two collector's seals of Qian Menglu, and one of Xu Bojiao (both 19th-20th century)
Titleslip by Wang Shi (1878-1960), signed, with one seal
THOUSAND CHARACTER ESSAY IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Album of seventeen leaves, ink on paper
Each leaf measures 26.5 x 14 cm (10 1/3 x 5 1/2 in.)
Last leaf signed by the artist: Zhengming
Three seals of the artist: Wen Zheng Ming Yin, Heng Shan, Ting Yun
Dated eighth month, renzi year of the Jiajing era (1552)
Colophons at the end of the album by each of Wu Shoufu, Xu Naihe, and Guo Mingzhi (all 19th - 20th century)
Two collector's seals of Qian Menglu, and one of Xu Bojiao (both 19th-20th century)
Titleslip by Wang Shi (1878-1960), signed, with one seal