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WANG GUXIANG (1501-1568)

BIRTHDAY GATHERING OF IMMORTALS

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
125.3 x 52.3 cm. (49 3/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
Entitled and signed: Guxiang
Dated fourth month, bingchen year of the Jiajing era (1556)
Two seals of the artist: Wang Gu Xiang Yin, Wang Lu Zhi Yin
Nine collectors' seals, including:
Li Mo (15th-16th century): Li Mo;
Zhan Jingfeng (16th century): Zhan Jing Feng;
Zhang Xiaosi (16th-17th century): Zhang Ze Zhi;
Wang Wu (1632-1690): Qin Zhong;
Shitao (1642-1707): Da Di Zi;
Chen Banding (1877-1970): Chen Nien Zhi Yin, Ban Ding Shen Ding; and
Wang Xin Yi, Luo Tuo Wang Sun
Inscription on the mounting by Chen Banding, dated dingchou year (1937), signed with two seals.
Titleslip by Chen Banding, dated renwu year (1942), with one seal

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(US$6,500-9,000)

Note:
For brief biographies of Li Mo and Wang Wu, see Zhongguo Lidai Renming Dacidian, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1999, pp.942 and 102 respectively.

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