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Da Chongguang 1623-1692 — 笪重光 草書五律《初夏園林即事》| Da Chongguang, Poem in Cursive Script
Da Chongguang 1623-1692

笪重光 草書五律《初夏園林即事》| Da Chongguang, Poem in Cursive Script

This fan leaf by Da Chongguang features a five-line regulated poem titled "Immediate Impressions of an Early Summer Garden," rendered in flowing cursive script across gold paper. The combination of ink and gold ground creates a luminous surface that enhances the dynamic energy of the brushwork characteristic of late Ming and early Qing literati painting. As both a calligrapher and painter, Da Chongguang exemplified the scholar artist tradition, where poetic composition and skilled brushwork were inseparable artistic practices.

Medium
ink on gold paper, fan leaf

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Painting and Calligraphy on fans from the Xiao Wan Liu Tang Collection 扇海─小萬柳堂舊藏明清書畫扇面

October 16, 2024

Estimate: $80,000$160,000

Lot 7014

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Da Chongguang 1623-1692, 笪重光 草書五律《初夏園林即事》| Da Chongguang, Poem in Cursive Script

This fan leaf by Da Chongguang features a five-line regulated poem titled "Immediate Impressions of an Early Summer Garden," rendered in flowing cursive script across gold paper. The combination of ink and gold ground creates a luminous surface that enhances the dynamic energy of the brushwork characteristic of late Ming and early Qing literati painting. As both a calligrapher and painter, Da Chongguang exemplified the scholar artist tradition, where poetic composition and skilled brushwork were inseparable artistic practices.

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

Related themes

Ming-Qing transition, Classical literati art, Meditative and serene, Nature observation, Chinese Artist, Hanging scroll format, Poetry and landscape, Cursive script calligraphy, 17th Century, Ink on Paper