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    Sale 2137

    FINE CLASSICAL CHINESE PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY

    Hong Kong

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    6 July 2003

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    • WANG GUXIANG (1501-1568)
    Lot 413

    WANG GUXIANG (1501-1568)

    Price realised

    HKD 155,350

    Estimate

    HKD 50,000 - HKD 70,000

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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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