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Dong Qichang 1555 - 1636
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 USD
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Description
- Dong Qichang
- REGULAR SCRIPT TRANSCRIPTION OF THE BIOGRAPHY OF WANG XIANGQIAN'S FAMILY
- album of twenty double-leaves, ink on paper
The last signed "Respectfully composed and transcribed by Dong Qichang." With two seals of the artist, Zong Bo Xue Shi, and Dong Xuan Zai Shi. Two collector's seals of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, An Si Yuan Zhen Cang Ji, and An Si Yuan Cang.
Frontispiece by Xia Tonghe (1868-1925), dated 1907, tenth month.
Colophons by Zhang Mu (1805-1849), He Shaoji (1799-1873), Wei Zhaorong, Mao Shutang, Jing Wen, Zhao Zhenzuo, Lu Guansun, Wang Shoupeng (1875-1929), Xu Naipu (1787-1866), Wang Luchen, Li Ruiqing (1867-1920), Duan Fang (1861-1911), Fan Zengxiang 1846-1931), Zhao Xi, Li Xiang, Zhang Qin (1861-1949), and Kang Youwei (1858-1957), with seals of each.
Frontispiece by Xia Tonghe (1868-1925), dated 1907, tenth month.
Colophons by Zhang Mu (1805-1849), He Shaoji (1799-1873), Wei Zhaorong, Mao Shutang, Jing Wen, Zhao Zhenzuo, Lu Guansun, Wang Shoupeng (1875-1929), Xu Naipu (1787-1866), Wang Luchen, Li Ruiqing (1867-1920), Duan Fang (1861-1911), Fan Zengxiang 1846-1931), Zhao Xi, Li Xiang, Zhang Qin (1861-1949), and Kang Youwei (1858-1957), with seals of each.
Literature
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy 1800-1950, New York, 1986, Vol. I, pp. 367-371; Vol III, pp. 268-281, where the colophons are fully illustrated, transcribed and translated into English.