Lot 1059
  • 1059

Huang Daozhou 1585-1646

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Huang Daozhou
  • EPITAPH FOR WANG SHILIAN IN REGULAR SCRIPT
  • ink on paper, handscroll
signed Huang Daozhou, dated jiaxu (1934) of the Chongzhen reign, the tenth lunar month, with four seals of the artist, shi zhai, shi zhai, zi qu dao, shi zhou, and two others illegible
With two collectors' seals, ceng wei zhi yu zhi shan zhai suo you, qian

Literature

Jiang Zhaoshen (ed.), Calligraphy of Ming and Qing Masters, Vol. 2, Tokyo: Nigensha, 1987, pp. 4-5, 10-25

Condition

- Paper bears a tanned tone with some loss. - Foxing and molding spots can be found especially in second half of the handscroll.
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