Hanging Scroll Calligraphy

Description:

Hanging Scroll Calligraphy, China, Wu Changshuo (1844-1927),with a poem "Feng Qiao Ye Bo" by Zhang Ji (715-779),in seal script, inscribed with the poet's name, date "bingyin" (1926),and signature reading "Wu Changshuo nian bashisan" (lit. Wu Changshuo year 83),with two seals including one reading "Changshuo," with a box entitled "Zhang Ji Hanshan si shi" and dated "bingyin xia" (Summer 1926),ink on paper, calligraphy 54 x 13 1/8 in.

Provenance: By refute, descended from the Japanese great-grandmother of the present owner.
Estimate $40,000-60,000

overall foxing, buckling particularly along edges, minor horizontal creases.


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