Lot Essay
(US$10,300-12,900)
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ZHU GUI (1731-1807)
Details
ZHU GUI (1731-1807)
IMPERIAL DISCOURSE ON VIRTUES IN STANDARD SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Album of five leaves, ink on coral ground paper
Each leaf measures 13.5 x 20.5 cm (5 1/4 x 8 in.)
Signed: chen (your servant), Zhu Gui, gongbai jingshu (humbly inscribed and respectfully written by)
One seal of the artist: Chen Gui
Two collector's seals of Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795): Tai Shang Huang Di Zhi Bao, Wu Fu Wu Dai Tang Gu Xi Tian Zi Bao
Note:
1. Original Qing imperial mounting, with front and back covers in zitan wood
2. For brief biography of the artist, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.212 and Zhongguo Lidai Renming Dacidian, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1999, p.545
IMPERIAL DISCOURSE ON VIRTUES IN STANDARD SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Album of five leaves, ink on coral ground paper
Each leaf measures 13.5 x 20.5 cm (5 1/4 x 8 in.)
Signed: chen (your servant), Zhu Gui, gongbai jingshu (humbly inscribed and respectfully written by)
One seal of the artist: Chen Gui
Two collector's seals of Emperor Qianlong (r. 1736-1795): Tai Shang Huang Di Zhi Bao, Wu Fu Wu Dai Tang Gu Xi Tian Zi Bao
Note:
1. Original Qing imperial mounting, with front and back covers in zitan wood
2. For brief biography of the artist, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.212 and Zhongguo Lidai Renming Dacidian, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1999, p.545