Landscape / Calligraphy
$500
ZHANG DAQIAN (1899-1983) / SHOU XI (1885-1950)
Landscape / Calligraphy
Folding fan, ink and colour / ink on paper
19 x 52 cm. (7 ½ x 20 ½ in.)
Landscape inscribed and signed by Zhang Daqian, with two seals
Dated eighth month, yihai year (1935)
Calligraphy inscribed and signed by Shou Xi, with four seals
Dated autumn, yihai year (1935)
Both dedicated to Yumin
NOTE:
The dedication refers to Jin Yumin (1906-1982), a renowned Republican period carver apprenticed to Shou Shigong. Jin had a profound knowledge of the oracle bone script and bronze inscriptions of the Shang and Zhou dynasties.