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DONG ZUOBIN (1895-1963) HU SHI (1891-1962)
Calligraphy in Oracle bone script, 1961 Calligraphy
Mounted, ink on paper, inscribed and signed by the artist, with one Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, signed Hu Shi.
dedication, dated Minguo 50 (1961), with two artist’s seals reading 11 1/2 x 6 5/8in (29.3 x 16.7cm)
Dong Zuobin and Yantang.
23 x 10 1/4in (58.2 x 26cm) $7,000 - 9,000

$3,000 - 5,000 胡適 書法 設色紙本 立軸

董作賓 甲骨文詩文書法 水墨紙本 鏡片 1961年作 Provenance
Acquired from the artist directly, thence by descent
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by Sister Nadine Tierney MM (1935-
2010)
Gifted to the present owner

As cited in the dedicatory inscription, the calligraphy was presented
to Sister Nadine Tierney, a nun with the Maryknoll Order, who taught
English at National Taiwan University and National Taiwan Normal
College in the early 1960’s. Among Sister Nadine’s English language
students was Dong Zuobin’s son, and the artist presented the
calligraphy to her as an expression of gratitude.
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