A BLACK INSCRIBED LINGBI SCHOLAR'S ROCK QING DYNASTY, INSCRIBED BY WU HUFAN (1894-1968)

Estimate

250,000 - 300,000 HKD

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Description

Lingbi rock

the smooth surface of the fine grained stone juxtaposed with sharp contours twisting around an irregular central opening suggesting entrance into a heavenly grotto, the reverse incised in kaishu with verses by Su Shi and a seal reading qian an ('handsome hut'), wood stand

Catalogue Note

Translated, the poem by Su Shi reads:
'There is no springtime on Western Mountain,
the cliff clings stubbornly to the clouds.
Leaning as a wall into the sky,
with not a forest in sight.'