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Wang Guxiang 1501-1568 โ€” Wang Guxiang, Poem in Running Script

Wang Guxiang 1501-1568

Wang Guxiang, Poem in Running Script

This fan leaf by Wang Guxiang, a Ming dynasty scholar and calligrapher, showcases a poem executed in the fluid and dynamic running script style. The work demonstrates the artist's mastery of brush control through the spontaneous yet disciplined brushwork characteristic of literati calligraphy practice. As a portable format favored by educated elites, the fan leaf served both practical and aesthetic purposes, allowing Wang Guxiang to display his refined artistic sensibility and literary cultivation on a modest surface.

Medium
ink on paper, fan leaf

๐Ÿ”จ Auction Lot

Painting and Calligraphy on fans from the Xiao Wan Liu Tang Collection ๆ‰‡ๆตทโ”€ๅฐ่ฌๆŸณๅ ‚่ˆŠ่—ๆ˜Žๆธ…ๆ›ธ็•ซๆ‰‡้ข

October 16, 2024

Estimate: $100,000 โ€“ $200,000

Lot 7071

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Wang Guxiang 1501-1568, Wang Guxiang, Poem in Running Script

This fan leaf by Wang Guxiang, a Ming dynasty scholar and calligrapher, showcases a poem executed in the fluid and dynamic running script style. The work demonstrates the artist's mastery of brush control through the spontaneous yet disciplined brushwork characteristic of literati calligraphy practice. As a portable format favored by educated elites, the fan leaf served both practical and aesthetic purposes, allowing Wang Guxiang to display his refined artistic sensibility and literary cultivation on a modest surface.

Medium
ink on paper, fan leaf
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Brushwork mastery, Running Script calligraphy, Chinese Artist, Hanging Scroll, Ming Dynasty, Classical Poetry, 16th Century, Ink on Paper, Literati painting tradition, Elegant and contemplative

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