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王思任  草書 《仰天坪》 | Wang Siren, Calligraphy in Cursive Script

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October 16, 05:14 AM GMT

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300,000 - 600,000 HKD

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Wang Siren (1574 - 1646)

Calligraphy in Cursive Script

ink on satin, hanging scroll


signed, and with 2 seals of the artist


159.5 x 49 cm. 62¾ x 19¼ in.


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王思任

草書 《仰天坪》

水墨綾本 立軸


釋文:冷到心灰始覺閑,當眉一下莫生慳。怪凡胎熱軟多淫地,始信修行要雪山。嚴千里近日有禪喜之願,易號遠泓以廬遊。《仰天坪》作應教不動亦不阻也。王思任。鈐印:「王思任印」、「季重氏」


159.5 x 49 cm. 62¾ x 19¼ in.

Sotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Paintings: Property of the Estate of Dr. Ip Yee, 21 November 1984, lot 17


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香港蘇富比,葉義醫生珍藏中國書畫,1984年11月21日,拍品編號17 

Selected Treasures of Chinese Art – Min Chiu Society Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, pp. 100-101, no. 35


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〈歷代文物萃珍-敏求精舍三十周年紀念展〉,(香港,敏求精舍出版,一九九○年),頁100-101,編號35

Selected Treasures of Chinese Art – Min Chiu Society Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 30 November 1990 – 10 February 1991


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〈歷代文物萃珍-敏求精舍三十周年紀念展〉,香港藝術館,一九九○年十一月三十日至一九九一年二月十日

注:王思任,字季重,號遂東、謔菴,浙江紹興人。與李之椿、倪元璐、黃道周、王鐸合稱「天崇五才子」。萬曆二十三年進士,曾知興平、當塗、青浦三縣。南京城破後,魯王監國,以思任為禮部右侍郎,進尚書。清兵進逼杭州,馬士英欲渡江入紹興,王思任以《讓馬瑤草》致書馬士英力拒。1646年,紹興為清兵破,絕食而死。