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Wang Duo 1592-1652, Gui Changshi 1573-1644 and Anonymous โ€” Wang Duo, Gui Changshi and Anonymous, Calligraphy in Regular Script

Wang Duo 1592-1652, Gui Changshi 1573-1644 and Anonymous

Wang Duo, Gui Changshi and Anonymous, Calligraphy in Regular Script

This collaborative album of eighteen leaves showcases the refined calligraphic practices of three skilled hands working in regular script, a formal style that demands precise brush control and compositional balance. Wang Duo and Gui Changshi, both prominent literati figures of the late Ming and early Qing periods, contributed their distinctive approaches to character formation and spatial arrangement, while the anonymous third contributor remains part of the work's historical complexity. Created in ink on paper, the album represents the elite cultural practice of shared artistic creation among educated gentlemen, where multiple calligraphers would contribute to a single work to demonstrate their technical mastery and scholarly refinement.

Medium
ink on paper, album of eighteen leaves

๐Ÿ”จ Auction Lot

Power & Culture โ€“ Heirlooms from the Poon Family Collection

October 16, 2024

Estimate: $1,000,000 โ€“ $2,000,000

Lot 833

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Wang Duo 1592-1652, Gui Changshi 1573-1644 and Anonymous, Wang Duo, Gui Changshi and Anonymous, Calligraphy in Regular Script

This collaborative album of eighteen leaves showcases the refined calligraphic practices of three skilled hands working in regular script, a formal style that demands precise brush control and compositional balance. Wang Duo and Gui Changshi, both prominent literati figures of the late Ming and early Qing periods, contributed their distinctive approaches to character formation and spatial arrangement, while the anonymous third contributor remains part of the work's historical complexity. Created in ink on paper, the album represents the elite cultural practice of shared artistic creation among educated gentlemen, where multiple calligraphers would contribute to a single work to demonstrate their technical mastery and scholarly refinement.

Medium
ink on paper, album of eighteen leaves
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Collaborative Work, Contemplative, Classical Text, Scholarly Tradition, Hanging Scroll, Ming Dynasty, Literati calligraphy, Regular Script, Chinese, Ink on Paper