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LI WENTIAN (1834-1895)
Calligraphic Couplet in Regular Script
A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on gold paper
Each scroll measures 195 x 42.5 cm. (76 34 x 16 34 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated fifth month,dingchouyear (1877)
Dedicated to Xiaoshan
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Li Wentian, who styled himself as Yuguang, Zhongyue, Shaonong, and Ruonong, was a native of Shunde, Guangdong province who came third in the Imperial examinations. On top of being a calligrapher, Li was a collector of books and a painter. He was adept at writing in the seal, clerical and regular scripts, but was particularly outstanding in the semi-cursive script. Li, along with Lu Runxiang, Lu Baozhong, and Xu Zheng, often inscribed on the paintings of Empress Dowager Cixi at her request.

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