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XIA YAN (1482-1548)
POEMS IN RUNNING CURSIVE SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Handscroll, ink on paper
28 x 171 cm (11 x 67 1/4 in.)
Signed by the artist: Xia Yan, and with one seal: Gong Jin
Eleven collectors' seals, including two of Zhang Xuezeng (17th century), three of Zhang Congyu (1915-1963), On of Xu bojiao (20th century), and two of Tan Jing (1911-1991)
Colophons at the end of the scroll by each of Zhu Deyi (1871-1942), Guo Lanxiang (1885-1938), and Wu Hufan 91894-1968)
Notes:
1.Xia Yan, aobriquet name Gongjin, was a native of Guiqi. He passed the official examinations in the twelfth year of the Zhengde era (1517). Xia was a well respected scholar, and his calligraphy is particularly valued. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu chubanshe, 1981, p.672
2. For brief biography of Guo Lanxiang, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu chubanshe, 1981, pp.959-960
POEMS IN RUNNING CURSIVE SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY
Handscroll, ink on paper
28 x 171 cm (11 x 67 1/4 in.)
Signed by the artist: Xia Yan, and with one seal: Gong Jin
Eleven collectors' seals, including two of Zhang Xuezeng (17th century), three of Zhang Congyu (1915-1963), On of Xu bojiao (20th century), and two of Tan Jing (1911-1991)
Colophons at the end of the scroll by each of Zhu Deyi (1871-1942), Guo Lanxiang (1885-1938), and Wu Hufan 91894-1968)
Notes:
1.Xia Yan, aobriquet name Gongjin, was a native of Guiqi. He passed the official examinations in the twelfth year of the Zhengde era (1517). Xia was a well respected scholar, and his calligraphy is particularly valued. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu chubanshe, 1981, p.672
2. For brief biography of Guo Lanxiang, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu chubanshe, 1981, pp.959-960