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GAO FENGHAN (1683-1743)
Magnolia
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
170 x 48.5 cm. (66 √ x 19 ¿ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
One illegible seal
Inscription on the inside-cover of the wooden box by Nomura
Motosuke (1842-1927), signed with three seals
NOTE:
Nomura Motosuke (Nomura Soken), born in Yamaguchi Prefecture,
was a politician and calligrapher during the Edo to early Showa
period. He was an active calligrapher with the name Soken in his
later years. Once the Secretary-General of the Japanese Calligraphy
Association, Nomura Motosuke was one of the “Yamaguchi Three
Master Calligraphers” together with Sugi Magoshichiro (1835-1920)
and Cho Sanshu (1833-1895).
HK$260,000-360,000 US$34,000-47,000

清 高鳳翰 玉蘭 設色紙本 立軸
題識： 不唱陳家玉樹歌，宮中壁月久銷磨。
一株偏傍吳王墓，銀海靈根寶氣多。
南阜老農左手畫並識。
鈐印： 高鳳翰印、老阜、左軍步兵
一印漫漶
野村素軒題識於木盒蓋內，鈐印三方。
註： 野村素介（野村素軒），長州藩（今山口縣）生，字絢夫，號右
仲、素軒。江戶昭和初期政治家，書法家。晚年以素軒為號，活
躍於書道，擅長行書。曾任日本書法協會秘書長，與同樣長州出
生的書法家杉孫七郎、長三洲被稱為“長州三筆”。

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