ID 1343744
Lot 686 | SUN WEN (1866-1925)
Estimate value
HKD 260 000 – 300 000
Calligraphy in Standard Script
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on silk
27.5 x 79.5 cm. (10 7/8 x 31 ¼ in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist
NOTE:
According to the report in Sanriku Shimpo, the Moriyama family is a rice merchant in Kesennuma City. After the failure of the Second Revolution, Sun Wen was forced to flee to Japan, and received assistance from the Moriyama family. Wong Tong (1884-1957), an important subordinate of Sun Wen in Japan, had a close relationship with one of the members of the Moriyama family, and were referred to as brothers in their correspondences.
Provenance
Previously in the collection of Moriyama family in Kesennuma, Japan.
Literature
Sanriku Shimpo #6808, 3 August 1968, p.1.
| Artist: | Sun Wen (1866-1925) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Calligraphy |
| Artist: | Sun Wen (1866-1925) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Calligraphy |
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