ID 1472271
Lot 36 | CHEN HONGSHOU (1768-1822)
Estimate value
HKD 60 000 – 80 000
Four-character Calligraphic Couplet in Seal Script
A pair of scrolls, mounted and framed, ink on paper
Each scroll measures 82 x 20.5 cm. (32 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated fourteenth day of the sixth month, yihai year (1815)
Dedicated to Yingjia
Two collector's seal of Sun Zhongying (1883-1953)
NOTE:
Sun Zhongying, a native of Zhongshan, Guangdong province, was a learned scholar and a renowned poet. He owned a rich collection of paintings focusing on masters in the Guangdong area. Sun held positions in various civil departments in Guangdong and was appointed Head of the Guangdong Tax Bureau.
| Art style: | Classicism |
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| Auction house category: | Calligraphy |
| Art style: | Classicism |
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| Auction house category: | Calligraphy |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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