Calligraphy in Bronze Script

Name: FENG KANGHOU (1901-1983)
Brand: Calligraphy in Bronze Script
Price: 9500.00 HKD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised HKD 11,970

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HKD 8,000 - HKD 12,000

Closed: 2 Mar 2022

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FENG KANGHOU (1901-1983)

Calligraphy in Bronze Script

Price Realised HKD 11,970

Closed: 2 Mar 2022

Price Realised HKD 11,970

Closed: 2 Mar 2022

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FENG KANGHOU (1901-1983)
Calligraphy in Bronze Script
Fan leaf, mounted for framing, ink on gold-flecked paper
18 x 54 cm. (7 ¹⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₄ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated summer, bingshen year (1956)
Dedicated to Shangyi

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Lot Essay

The recipient of this work is Wang Shangyi (1905-1972). A native of Zhongshan, Guangdong, he graduated from Shanghai Nanyang Business School. In 1935, together with Fu Baoshi, Zhang Shuqi, Chen Zhifo, they initiated the Jishe Calligraphy and Painting Society. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he served in the Central News Agency. After the war, he traveled with Li Xiongcai and honed his skills. He later moved to the United States and served as a visting professor in the University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin.