Lot 567
  • 567

Wang Ao 1450-1524

Estimate
40,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Wang Ao
  • POEM IN CURSIVE SCRIPT
  • ink on gold-flecked paper, mounted for framing
signed Ji'zhi, dated renzi (1492), with one seal of the artist, ji zhi; with one collector's seal, sheng yu wan du

Catalogue Note

Artist's inscription:
In the capital, men and horses, clustered thick as smoke:
And whose name stands in first place on the autumn exam postings?
You've plucked the cassia! Indeed you must treasure this day's memory;
When again will you plant flowers like that you've planted this year?
The net collected unicorn and phoenix, emptying out the south-east!
As we observe, the Star of Literature connects above and below.
I remember sitting on the mat to the east of the patterned hall:
Who among us finally transmitted the bowl and robe of the He family?
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