Lot 2599
  • 2599

ZHANG BI 1425-1487, LI DONGYANG 1447-1516 AND ET. AL | Calligraphy

Estimate
1,200,000 - 1,800,000 HKD
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Description

  • Calligraphy
  • ink on paper, handscroll
  • 18.8 by 971.8 cm. 7 3/8  by 382 1/2  in.
signed Donghai Weng (three times), Bi, Li Dongyang, Mingzheng, Zhang Qian, Qiao Weihan, Haiyu Li Jei, Liu Yu, Jiahe Wang You and Guan Yao Shou by each artist; dated yisi (1485), dingyou (1477) and wuxu (1478) and each with one to eleven seals of the artistColophon by Han Shengfu (1916-?) twice, both dated dingchou (1937); and by Zhang Heng (1915-1963) twice, and each with one seal of hiswith twelve collector's seals of Bian Yongyu (1645-1712), six collector's seals of Han Shengfu (1916-?), four collector's seals of Zhang Heng (1915-1963), nine collector's seals of Tan Jin (1911-1991) and twenty-three other collectors' seals

Condition

Calligraphy: -Minor paper loss to a collector seal which is at the lower right of the beginning of the scroll -Minor foxing can be found -Slightly darken tone at the edges and the area where paper sections stitched - A very minor tearing to a calligraphy in the 3rd calligraphy by Zhang Bi -Slightly loss of paper and retouched area near the place where the 5th and 6th sections stitched Colophon: -Minor cracks and creases can be found
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