Deng Fen
Seven-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
Found at
Christies,
Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Dawn of Spring: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 31
21. Feb - 8. Mar 2024
Dawn of Spring: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 31
21. Feb - 8. Mar 2024
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
DENG FEN (1894-1964) Seven-character Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on gold-flecked paper Each scroll measures 111 x 24.3 cm. (43 3 ⁄ 4 x 9 5 ⁄ 8 in.) Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist Dated fourth day, twelfth month, gengchen year (1940) Dedicated to Haung Su NOTE: Mr Huang Su, a Hong Kong businessman active in the early 1900s, was a friend to many Lingnan painters in Hong Kong and Macau. He was also an acquaintance of Madam Ren Jianhui (1912-1989), a famous Chinese opera singer, who once owned the work.