Lot 2530
  • 2530

WEN ZHENGMING 1470-1559 | Poems in running script

Estimate
1,000,000 - 2,000,000 HKD
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Description

  • Wen Zhengming
  • Poems in running script
  • ink on paper, handscroll
  • 27 by 276 cm. 10 5/8  by 108 5/8  in.
signed Zhengming, dated wuxu (1538) and with two seals of the artistTitleslip by C.C. Wang and with two seals of his with six collector’s seals of C.C. Wang and two other collectors’ seals

Literature

Jointly presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Min Chiu Society, The Pursuit of Antiquities: 40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Min Shiu Society, Hong Kong, 2001, pp.104-105, pl.24

Condition

-The work was remounted in recent 30 years, with creases and most foxing restored. -sign of potion wash, resulted with ink losses near its upper edge. -minor signs of foxing, especially upper area.
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