Details
CHEN SHIZENG (1876-1923)
Eight-character Calligraphic Couplet in Bronze Script
A pair of hanging scrolls, Ink on paper
Each scroll measures 135 x 23 cm. (53 18 x 9 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
With titleslip
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, hence by descent.
FURTHER DETAILS
The collection belongs to descendants of an influential and progressive intellectual that lived in 20th-century China. He surrounded himself with other intellectuals and thinkers, including but not limited to the artists that make up the collection. All the works were directly gifted from the artists or his intellectual friends, and were kept in the family for nearly one century.
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