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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR (LOT 830)
WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
Calligraphy in Running Script
Details
WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
Calligraphy in Running Script
Horizonal scroll, ink on paper
22 x 127 cm. (8 5/8 x 50 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated eighth month, gengzi year of Jiajing period (1540)
Four collector’s seals of Kong Guangtao (1832-1890)
Calligraphy in Running Script
Horizonal scroll, ink on paper
22 x 127 cm. (8 5/8 x 50 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated eighth month, gengzi year of Jiajing period (1540)
Four collector’s seals of Kong Guangtao (1832-1890)
Provenance
Lot 18, 18 March 1997, Fine Chinese Paintings, Sotheby’s New York.
Literature
Zhou Zhendao ed., Poems by Wen Zhengming, Vol. 5, Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, Shanghai, 1987, p.83.