CALLIGRAPHY

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JIN JIAN (18TH CENTURY)
CALLIGRAPHY
Album of twelve leaves, ink on paper
One leaf each by Jed, with four seals of the artists
One page each by Jin Jian, Zhao Chixiu, Wu Tian and Jian Hong
One leaf dated autumn, dinghai year
One collector's seal
Each leaf: 8½ x 11 in. (22 x 28 cm.)

Literature

Needham, Joseph (1986). Science and Civilization in China: Volume 5, Part 1. Taipei: Caves Books, Ltd. p. 209.

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Lot Essay

Jin Jian was placed in charge of printing at the Wuying Palace, where the Yongzheng Emperor had 253,000 wooden movable type characters crafted in 1733. He provided elaborate detail on the printing process in his Wu Ying Tian Ju Zhen Ban Cheng Shi (Imperial Printing Office Manual for Movable Type).

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