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Unknown — Wu Changshuo, Plum Blossoms, Poems in Xingshu and Seals
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Wu Changshuo, Plum Blossoms, Poems in Xingshu and Seals

This handscroll by Wu Changshuo combines the literati painting tradition with calligraphy and seal carving, three arts in which he excelled. The work features delicate plum blossoms rendered in ink on paper, accompanied by poems written in the cursive xingshu script that complement the visual imagery. Wu Changshuo's signature seals punctuate the composition, reflecting the scholar artist's commitment to integrating painting, poetry, and printmaking as expressions of refined cultural cultivation.

Medium
ink on paper, handscroll

🔨 Auction Lot

Fine Chinese Paintings

October 23, 2024

Estimate: $2,000,000$3,000,000

Lot 2559

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Unknown, Wu Changshuo, Plum Blossoms, Poems in Xingshu and Seals

This handscroll by Wu Changshuo combines the literati painting tradition with calligraphy and seal carving, three arts in which he excelled. The work features delicate plum blossoms rendered in ink on paper, accompanied by poems written in the cursive xingshu script that complement the visual imagery. Wu Changshuo's signature seals punctuate the composition, reflecting the scholar artist's commitment to integrating painting, poetry, and printmaking as expressions of refined cultural cultivation.

Medium
ink on paper, handscroll
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Calligraphy and seals, Nature Symbolism, Chinese Artist, Contemplative aesthetic, Plum Blossoms, Late Qing Dynasty, Hanging scroll format, Ink and wash painting, Scholar-artist tradition, Xingshu Script

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Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art