Calligraphy

Name: WANG XIAJU (1905-1995)
Brand: Calligraphy
Price: 400.00 USD
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Closed: 26 Jun 2019

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WANG XIAJU (1905-1995)

Calligraphy

Price Realised USD 500

Closed: 26 Jun 2019

Price Realised USD 500

Closed: 26 Jun 2019

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WANG XIAJU (1905-1995)
Calligraphy
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
34 ¼ x 12 ¾ in. (87 x 32.4 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Howard H.S. Chao (1920-2012)

Howard H.S. Chao (1920-2012), a well-known journalist in China and Japan and professor at Yale University.

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Wang Xiaju (1909-1995), whose sobriquet was Yenong, was from Hubei province. He worked at the Chinese Central Research Institute of Culture and History and the National Art Museum of China. He also served as a committee member of the Chinese Calligraphy Association. He was a renowned calligrapher and excelled at traditional painting, especially of plum and bamboo. He was well-known for his clerical script.