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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
美國私人收藏 (LOTS 896-897)
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GU WENBIN (1811-1889)
Letters
Two letters mounted as an album of eight leaves, ink on paper
895 Seven leaves measure approx. 22.6 x 16.5 cm. (8 √ x 6 Ω in.)
One leaf measures 24.2 x 19 cm. (9 Ω x 7 Ω in.)
FROM A HONG KONG PRIVATE COLLECTION Inscribed and signed
香港私人收藏 (LOTS 892-895) PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Shanghai in the 1930s by an American collector.
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LI JIAN (1748-1799) HK$24,000-48,000 US$3,200-6,200
Couplet Calligraphy
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper 清 顧文彬 信札 水墨紙本 冊頁八開
Each scroll measures 244 x 37.5 cm. (96 x 14 Æ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist 題識：
Dated autumn, ninth month, yisi year (1785)
1. 愚小弟制顧文彬頓首。十一月初五日。
HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500
2. 愚弟制顧文彬頓首。六月初六日。
來源：美國藏家於二十世紀三十年代得自上海。
清 黎簡 書法對聯 水墨紙本 立軸兩幅 一七八五年作

釋文： 千里客能來，何事問杜陵，今雨舊雨；
一氓廛可託，儲村賦班椽，東都西都。
乾隆乙巳（1785 年）秋九月，二樵山人黎簡。
鈐印：石鼎、簡民、二樵、五百四峯草堂

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