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WONDERS OF INK: COLLECTION OF LITERATI CALLIGRAPHY FROM THE LATE QING AND EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD (LOTS 77-91)

FENG GUIFEN (1809-1874)

Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script

Name: FENG GUIFEN (1809-1874)
Brand: Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
Price: 12000.00 HKD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised HKD 15,000

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HKD 30,000 - HKD 50,000

Closed: 1 Jun 2020

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FENG GUIFEN (1809-1874)

Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script

Price Realised HKD 15,000

Closed: 1 Jun 2020

Price Realised HKD 15,000

Closed: 1 Jun 2020

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FENG GUIFEN (1809-1874)
Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
A pair of scrolls, mounted for framing, ink on gold-flecked red paper
Each scroll measures 123 x 29 cm. (48 ³⁄₈ x 11 ³⁄₈ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Jianzhu

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Lot Essay

Feng Guifen, who styled himself as Linyi, Jingting, and Dengweishanren, was a native of Suzhou, Jiangsu province. A prominent thinker and essayist of the late-Qing dynasty, Feng participated in the suppression of the Taiping Rebellion and the development of the Self-Strengthening Movement. Practised in calligraphy, Feng was especially known for his seal and clerical scripts and was the author of titles such as .