Name: FENG KANGHOU (1901-1983)
Brand: Five-character Calligraphic Couplet in Seal Script
Price: 45000.00 HKD
Availability: SoldOut

FENG KANGHOU (1901-1983)
Five-character Calligraphic Couplet in Seal Script
Hanging scrolls, ink on paper
Each scroll measures 135 x 34 cm. (53 ¹⁄₈ x 13 ³⁄₈ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated the ninth day of the ninth month, guimao year (1963)
Dedicated to Honglie (Li Hung Lit)

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The present lot was dedicated to Li Hung Lit. Li, whose named his studio Feng Yuan Lou, is a contemporary poet and professor. He was born in Hong Kong in 1936. In 1956, he enrolled in the Department of Foreign Literature at the United College, Hong Kong, where he studied under Feng Kanghou. In 1965, Li would begin his graduate study in the Department of Philosophy at University of Western Ontario. The present lot was a farewell gift from Feng upon Li’s departure.