Yao Yuanzhi
Seven-character Calligraphic Couplet in Clerical Script
Found at
Christies,
New York (Online Auction)
Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 43
15. Aug - 29. Aug 2023
Summer Reverie: Chinese Paintings Online, Lot 43
15. Aug - 29. Aug 2023
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 HKD
Price realised: 20.160 HKD
Price realised: 20.160 HKD
Description
YAO YUANZHI (1773-1852) Seven-character Calligraphic Couplet in Clerical Script A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on gold-flecked paper Each scroll measures 167 x 42.5 cm. (65 3 ⁄ 4 x 16 3 ⁄ 4 in.) Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist Dated leap ninth month, twelfth year (of Daoguang region, 1832) Dedicated to Shizhuang NOTE: Yao Yuanzhi, who styled himself as Boang, Jianqing, and Zhuyetingsheng, was a native of Tongcheng, Anhui province. An Imperial Scholar during the Jiaqing era, Yao served as a government official and was also a painter and calligrapher. He was adept at painting figures, fruits and flowers, as well as writing in clerical script.
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