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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL GALLIS
193 來源
CHEN HONGSHOU (1768-1822) 上海國際商品拍賣有限公司，2000年6月
Calligraphy Couplet in Li Script
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper, signed Chen Hongshou with 出版
two artist’s seals A Man and Chen Hongshou yin. 馬欣樂主編，《邁克·蓋勒斯中國畫收藏：一個西方學者的中華文化
48 1/2 x 11 1/4in (123.3 x 28.5cm), each (2). 之旅》，天津人民美術出版社，2019年，頁104-105

$12,000 - 18,000 A man of many talents, Chen Hongshou was a highly regarded painter,
calligrapher and seal carver. As magistrate of the region that included
陳鴻壽 隸書六言聯 水墨紙本 立軸一對 Yixing, he is credited with reviving the clay teapot industry with both his
creative input and by securing government funds to support the craft.
Provenance The present couplet features his interpretation of Han dynasty clerical
Shanghai International Commodity Auction Co., Ltd., June 2000 script calligraphy, particularly stone inscriptions. C.C. Wang felt that the
18th century was a creative period for calligraphy, and Michael Gallis
Published recalls that Mr. Wang especially admired the work of Chen Hongshou.
Gallis, Michael and Ma Xinle, Michael Gallis Collection of Chinese In this couplet, C.C. Wang commented to Mr. Gallis that he thought
Paintings Maike Gailesi Zhongguo hua shoucang: yige Xifang xuezhe Chen Hongshou achieved an exceptional degree of uniqueness and
de Zhonghua wenhua zhilü, Tianjin Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 2019, expressiveness that characterized the best of his calligraphy.
pp.104-105

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