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「小聽颿樓」藏畫 拍品編號9001-9052 — Liang Tongshu, Calligraphy couplet in Running Script

「小聽颿樓」藏畫 拍品編號9001-9052

Liang Tongshu, Calligraphy couplet in Running Script

This calligraphic couplet by Liang Tongshu exemplifies the flowing elegance of running script, a semi-cursive style that balances legibility with expressive brushwork. The artist's work is presented as a pair of hanging scrolls rendered in ink on luxurious gold-flecked paper, which would have enriched the visual composition with subtle luminosity. Such couplets, typically featuring complementary poetic or philosophical phrases, served as important expressions of scholarly refinement in Chinese artistic tradition.

Medium
ink on gold-flecked paper, a pair of hanging scrolls

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Fine Classical Chinese Paintings

November 19, 2024

Estimate: $50,000$100,000

Lot 9046

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「小聽颿樓」藏畫 拍品編號9001-9052, Liang Tongshu, Calligraphy couplet in Running Script

This calligraphic couplet by Liang Tongshu exemplifies the flowing elegance of running script, a semi-cursive style that balances legibility with expressive brushwork. The artist's work is presented as a pair of hanging scrolls rendered in ink on luxurious gold-flecked paper, which would have enriched the visual composition with subtle luminosity. Such couplets, typically featuring complementary poetic or philosophical phrases, served as important expressions of scholarly refinement in Chinese artistic tradition.

Medium
ink on gold-flecked paper, a pair of hanging scrolls
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

19th Century, Running Script calligraphy, Chinese Artist, Traditional Chinese aesthetics, Vertical Format, Couplet poetry, Literati Art, Elegant And Refined, Ink on Paper, Brush and ink technique

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