Lot 557
  • 557

Da Chongguang 1623-1692

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Da Chongguang
  • LETTERS
  • ink on paper, album of thirty-two leaves
signed di Chongguang, Chongguang, with two seals of the artist, chong guang, da. Colophon by Wang Wenzhi (1730-1802), signed Menglou jushi, dated bingwu (1786) year of the Qianlong reign, spring, with three seals, wen zhi, meng lou (2). With fifteen collectors' seals, meng chan shi, ke yi dun xing zhi si, ceng wei zhi yu zhi shan zhai suo you (3), qian (2), xu song ci cang, zhen ze xu shi shou cang zhi yin, lu shi bao cang, zheng hua shi zhen cang shu hua yin (2), lu shi fu, xin qiao mi ji zhi yin, xu shi yao zhou, zi sun bao zhi, xu wang zhi yin, mei ren zhi yi, meng chan shi

Literature

Calligraphy of Ming and Qing Masters, Vol. 3, Jiang Zhaoshen, Tokyo: Nigensha, 1987, pp. 9, 50-70

Condition

-paper has darkened due to age -very few worm holes, smudges and minor signs of restoration for paper loss
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