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HUANG SIYONG (1842-1914)
Calligraphic Couplet in Running Script
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on patterned paper
Each scroll measures 122.5 x 30 cm. (48 14 x 11 34 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Yutian
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Huang Siyong, who styled himself as Shenzhi and Yipiao, was a native of Jiangsu, Ningjiang province, a Zhuangyuan (first-place holder during the Imperial examinations) during the Guangxu reign, a modern Chinese industrialist and a calligrapher. He specialised in small regular script and was the representative of Qing Zhuangyuan calligraphers.

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