Lot 86
  • 86

Yusuf Chen Jinhui

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • A Large Calligraphic Panel
  • Circa 1990
  • Ink on rice Paper

Condition

In good overall condition,
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Catalogue Note

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The word Allah

China's most renowed Islamic calligrapher, Yusuf Chen Jinhui (b.1938), has exhibited across the globe and his work can be found as part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Asian Civilizations in Singapore. Numerous works were also displayed in Dubai (2003), Islamabad (2000), Tehran (1999), Istanbul (at the IRCICA in 1997) and in Kuala Lumpur (1996). For a further discussion of the artist and his work, please see Selected Arabic Calligraphic Works of Chen Jinhui, Beijing, 2002.