Lot 1352
  • 1352

趙之謙 (1829-1884)

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 HKD
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Description

  • Zhao Zhiqian
  • 趙之謙 致魏稼孫信札兩通 水墨箋紙本 鏡框
  • ink on paper, framed
款識:
〈一〉
稼孫仁兄先生左右。頃奉手示及〈餘生錄〉寫本,感甚感甚。弟自前月頭風大作,兩耳爛,而後聾。服藥數十劑,頭風止而耳爛如故,聾則少差矣。粲翁適在坐,催其寫方並信,茲已送來即寄上。馬竟無。知者,故久未買。臨江既有販子就近易辦,請就近買之可也。松老無信,賠累為詞,然則兼辦,一閱兵差者又何說也。非伊運氣佳乃省中適無餓鬼如面然大士者耳。惟〈忠烈集〉鈔畢,文集尚未校畢,俟令甥來此奉繳。〈餘生錄〉明年刻之以入第二集。汪公設法甚多,弟總一辭不賛。前書已遍示同人,使知非弟從中阻撓也。洪琴西特簡粵鹺,歲入極少,可八九萬。人以為美,弟則為此公喜表清節,從此天下又敗一優缺耳!省門大禁屠宰,而烈日如故,今日已換穿大毛,弟則灰鼠一袍,汗流浹骨也。此請時安。弟之謙頓首。十一月朔。

〈二〉
稼孫仁兄大人閣下。使來。領到賜書三種。謝謝。一官一集以詩鳴不若以政,此是以為異時循吏傳之本矣。高老師自浙回省,乃弟及親眾公已聞司詳保舉可以一洗中平,惟〈文通〉居然易以昌黎,則不無寬抑。然實其畏禍而逐羽翼有以成之,否則不至是也。〈三齯集〉早送來,今籍使呈上,祈察收。越南事愈不妥,然有此小勝,亦足以豪。即亡猶過於面縳銜璧也。彗星竟是匪徒造謠,連夜靜候實無所見。惟中丞言親見之,恐是夢也。近亦不言矣。請委員辦甲以照應佐雜人員,以分各州縣之肥法太妙,不知尊處請何物。有熊紹庭者能備卷乎一關。(小孩也不至多事,熊縣之胞姪也,官則試用候補巡檢)此請時安。弟之謙頓首。十四日。(仙老故後,吃虧尚不大,尊處一錠,如鶴卿不能歸,弟欠仙老百金須十二月間方寄與也。見鶴卿可劃,但須有信來耳。)

鈐印:「趙之謙」、「趙之謙印」。

Provenance

Sotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Paintings, November 1998, Lot 85

Condition

-Paper cracks could be found on the paper of the first letter, otherwise, generally in good condition.
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