YI BINGSHOU (1754-1815) CALLIGRAPHY COUPLET IN CLERICAL SCRIPT | 伊秉綬 《隸書七言聯》 水墨紙本 對聯

SELECTED PAINTINGS FROM GUANGDONG AND FUJIANESE ARTISTS

YI BINGSHOU (1754-1815)

CALLIGRAPHY COUPLET IN CLERICAL SCRIPT

閩粵書畫擷珍

伊秉綬 《隸書七言聯》 水墨紙本 對聯

釋文：梅花百樹鼻功德，茅屋三間心太平。學畫不成，去而學寫。日賣千錢，以代耕嫁。實救困厄，託名風雅。免謁當途，乞求官舍。座有清風，門無車馬。書不一格，家數小小。亦有苦心，卅年探討。乃裝我硯，乃攜我稿。鬻書江淛，以終吾老。丙申(1776)嘉平月汀州伊秉綬并誌。鈐印：「臣伊秉綬」、「墨卿」

ink on paper, a pair of hanging scrolls

signed YI BINGSHOU, dated bingshen (1776) and with two seals of the artist

136.5 by 33.2 cm, 53¾ by 13 in.