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723
ANONYMOUS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Calligraphy in semi-cursive script
Ink on paper, each with a red seal; six leaves
mounted as three hanging and folding
screens with Japanese silk and silvered
paper. Each leaf: 128cm (50 3/4in) x 46.5cm
(18 1/4in) (6).
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$20,000 - 29,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000

Property from the Collection of John J.
Studzinski CBE

724
TEN BAMBOO STUDIO（SHIZHU ZHAI
JIAN PU)，1952
Woodblock prints, ink and colour on paper,
four volumes, in a clothbound slipcase,
Beijing, Rongbaozhai, 1952. 32cm (12.1/2in.)
high (4).

£800 - 1,000 724 (detail) 725
HK$7,800 - 9,800
CNY7,100 - 8,900
725
Originally compiled by the late Ming dynasty
seal carver Hu Zhengyan (1584-1674), this ANONYMOUS, LATE QING DYNASTY
collection of decorated letter papers was Birds and flowers
re-issued by Zheng Zhenduo in the 1930’s. Ink and pigment on silk, two paintings, each
Offered here, the 1952 reprint is a faithful inscribed with red seals, mounted as hanging
facsimile of the seventeenth century edition, scrolls. Each 104cm (41in) x 32cm (12 5/8in)
even incorporating the blind-stamping (2).
technique of gauffrage (gonghua 拱花
“embossed design” or “arched pattern”) £1,000 - 1,500
where a dry woodblock is pressed into HK$9,800 - 15,000
the paper to create a subtle, low-relief CNY8,900 - 13,000
design. On the 1952 edition, Jan Tschichold
remarked “the finest issue. An incomparably Provenance
perfect facsimile; the best printed book of a European private collection, thence by 724
modern times anywhere.” descent.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. ASIAN ART - PART II | 247