YAO YUANZHI (1773-1852)

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Lot 43 | YAO YUANZHI (1773-1852)
YAO YUANZHI (1773-1852)
Seven-character Calligraphic Couplet in Clerical Script
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on gold-flecked paper
Each scroll measures 167 x 42.5 cm. (65 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated leap ninth month, twelfth year (of Daoguang region, 1832)
Dedicated to Shizhuang

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Yao Yuanzhi, who styled himself as Boang, Jianqing, and Zhuyetingsheng, was a native of Tongcheng, Anhui province. An Imperial Scholar during the Jiaqing era, Yao served as a government official and was also a painter and calligrapher. He was adept at painting figures, fruits and flowers, as well as writing in clerical script.
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