Assemblage de calligraphies

encre sur papier, monté en rouleau
quatre calligraphies, trois avec la signature de PAN ZUYIN, datées l'an yiyou du règne de l'Empereur Guangxu, 1885, dédicacées et avec quatre cachets de l'artiste, un colophon avec la signature de WU HUFAN et avec un cachet de l'artiste

Acquired in Hong Kong in 1999.

The sheets of paper have been remounted, and are in overall good condition. There are humidity stains on the mount. There is slight scuffing on the blank sheet of paper (before reaching the first calligraphy) as well as two ca. 1 mm holes. The first calligraphy has light scattered staining and stroke foxing, with a ca. 2 cm stain towards the end of the calligraphy. There is smudging toward the end of the second calligraphy. The third calligraphy has scattered stains, scuffing, and small areas of repair. The paper is slightly faded. The fourth calligraphy is in good overall condition.
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