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The identity of this calligrapher 20
Huang Ding is unclear, although his 17
inscription indicates that he was a
devoted Buddhist and wrote in the
midst of the turbulent period at the
fall of the Ming dynasty. The owner
understands that his family acquired
this sutra from a temple in Mount
Wutai, with which they had a long
association.
明 黃鼎 佛經 金墨紙本 冊頁二十九開/
冊頁三十五開
1. 題識：《佛說阿彌陀佛經》

（文不錄）崇禎癸未（1643
年）春佛弟子黃鼎焚香敬寫。
鑑藏印：吳班矦印
2. 題識：《妙法蓮華經觀世音菩
薩普門品》（文不錄）崇禎癸
未（1643年）春佛弟子黃鼎焚
香敬寫。
註：對於抄寫這兩部佛經的書法
家黃鼎的身份考證不足。題識表
明，他是一位虔誠的佛教徒，活
躍於明朝中葉動蕩時期。据前收
藏者所說，黃鼎家族從與其家族
有多年淵源的五臺山的某寺廟中
請得此經。

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD H.S.
CHAO 趙浩生舊藏

20

ZHENG XIE (1693-1765)
Bamboo and Rock

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
68 ¿ x 37 ¡ in. (173 x 95 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals
of the artist
Dedicated to Pengnan

$70,000-130,000

清 鄭燮 雙峰五竹圖 水墨紙本 立軸
題識：昔人畫華封三祝圖。一峰
而已，今增一峰，是增其壽也。
三竹而已，今增為五竹，是增
其福也。福壽雙增，天眷愈加愈
厚。惟修德不怠，日增月益者，
庶足以當之。寫祝鵬南年長兄七
十大慶。板橋鄭燮。
鈐印：鄭燮印、濰夷長、謌吹古
揚州