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Unknown — Attributed to Wang Chong, Poem in Cursive Script
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Attributed to Wang Chong, Poem in Cursive Script

This hanging scroll features a poem rendered in cursive script, a highly expressive calligraphic style that prioritizes fluid brushwork and artistic interpretation over strict legibility. The work is attributed to Wang Chong, a skilled calligrapher whose command of ink on paper demonstrates the sophisticated interplay between literary content and visual form characteristic of Chinese scholar art. The cursive script medium allowed the artist to convey both the textual meaning of the poem and an emotional or aesthetic quality through the dynamic movement and variation of the brushstrokes.

Medium
ink on paper, hanging scroll

🔨 Auction Lot

Fine Classical Chinese Paintings

November 19, 2024

Estimate: $80,000$120,000

Lot 9152

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