Calligraphy in Running Script
$500
RUAN YUAN (1764-1849)
Calligraphy in Running Script
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
120 x 53 cm. (47 ¼ x 20 7⁄8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with five seals of the artist
Dated twentieth day, first month, guimao year (1843)
Dedicated to Shouzhai
Inscription on wooden box by the Japanese painter Anan Chikuda (1864-1928), with one seal
NOTE: This lot may be the one mentioned in a handwritten letter dated 25 March 1922 from Hakubundo to Abe Fusajiro (1868-1937).