Lot 2602
  • 2602

WANG CHONG 1494 - 1533 | Poem in Running Script

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 HKD
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Description

  • Wang Chong
  • Poem in Running Script
  • ink on paper, hanging scroll
  • 118.6 by 31.1 cm. 46 5/8  by 12 1/4  in.
signed Wang Chong and with three seals of the artistwith one collector's seal

Provenance

Carroll Collection, Boston
Dr. Frederick Baekeland Collection, New York

Exhibited

1) Asian Art: A Collector's Selection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, 1973
2) Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, 1973-1974
3) The Brooklyn Museum, 1977-1978

Literature

Martie W. Young, Asian Art: A Collector's Selection, 1973, no. 71, p. 89

Condition

- minor creases and a minor tearing can be found - loss to the seal mark at the top right corner - paper bears slightly darken tone due to age
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