Lot 674
  • 674

Wu Changshuo 1844-1927

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Wu Changshuo
  • CALLIGRAPHY COUPLET IN SEAL SCRIPT
  • ink on paper, pair of hanging scrolls
signed Jun Qing, dated xinhai (1911), the first lunar month, and with one seal of the artist, cang shuo

Literature

Paintings of Wu Ch'ang-Shih, Chang Lee-ching ed., Hong Kong, Pacific Book Company, July 1972, pl. 133

Catalogue Note

Artist's Inscription:
Flowing water dies as the shark stands firm, the remaining light fades as the careless horse returns. Honored elder brother Qintang collated these characters from a tablet on hunting, xinhai year (1911), in the small of winter, as a guest in Shanghai, Junqing.