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Couplet in Seal Script
Details
QIAN DIAN (1744-1806)
Couplet in Seal Script
A pair of hanging scrolls
ink on gold-flecked wax paper
Each scroll measures 174 x 32.5 cm. (68 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dedicated to Shuibu
TRANSLATION OF THE POEM:
The person I think of is not in somewhere faraway,
But in a cottage surrounded by green firs.
We have fixed a date to see each other,
On that bridge covered by towering trees. (2)
Couplet in Seal Script
A pair of hanging scrolls
ink on gold-flecked wax paper
Each scroll measures 174 x 32.5 cm. (68 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dedicated to Shuibu
TRANSLATION OF THE POEM:
The person I think of is not in somewhere faraway,
But in a cottage surrounded by green firs.
We have fixed a date to see each other,
On that bridge covered by towering trees. (2)
Provenance
PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF DR K S LO
Lot 104, 1 June 1994, Fine Chinese Rubbings and Calligraphy, Christie's New York.
Lot 104, 1 June 1994, Fine Chinese Rubbings and Calligraphy, Christie's New York.
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