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LU HUI (1851-1920) AND LIANG DINGFEN (1859-1919) CAO YONGPING (B. 1922)
Two Calligraphies Two paintings of Flowers
a) Lu Hui, Calligraphy in Running Script, folding fan leaf now mounted Each ink and color on paper, mounted for framing, each dated
for framing, ink on paper, inscribed, signed Liangfu Lu Hui with one xinyou (1981) and each signed Yongping with two artist’s seals
artist’s seal reading Hui. reading Cao and Yongping.
9 1/4 x 19 1/2in (23.5 x 49.5cm) 13 x 17 3/4in (33 x 45.1cm) each
b) Liang Dingfen, Calligraphy in Running Script, round fan leaf now $1,000 - 1,200
mounted for framing, ink on silk, inscribed, dedicated, dated bingchen
(1916) and signed Liang Dingfen with two artist’s seals. Provenance
7 3/4in (19.6cm) diameter You Wei Du Zhai Collection, Seattle, Washington
$1,500 - 2,500
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Provenance XIAO YU (CHEN ZHENGLONG, B. 1947)
You Wei Du Zhai Collection, Seattle, Washington After Meditation (Grasses)
Ink and color on paper, framed and glazed, inscribed as painted
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CHEN BANDING (1876-1970) reading Xiaoyu.
Peonies by a River 6 5/8 x 40 1/2in (16.8 x 102.9cm)
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, signed Chen Nian with one $1,000 - 1,500
artist’s seal reading Nian.
31 1/4 x 13 1/4in (79.4 x 33.7cm) Xiao Yu, also known as Chen Zhenglong 陳正隆, graduated from
$1,500 - 2,500 Chinese Culture University in Taipei in 1972. Xiao Yu has exhibited his
paintings, calligraphy, seal-carvings and woodblock prints in Taiwan
Provenance and Hong Kong since the mid-1980s. His works tend to emphasize
You Wei Du Zhai Collection, Seattle, Washington the instinctual, where the sudden enlightenment of ch’an (or zen) is
acquired in Beijing in 1982 treasured over labored composition and planning.

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