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ZHENG SHAN (1810-AFTER 1897)
Plum Blossoms
Album of sixteen leaves, ink on paper
Each leaf measures 34 x 69 cm. (13 38 x 27 18 in.)
One leaf inscribed and signed, with a total of sixteen seals of the artist
Dated twelfth month,yiyou year (1885)
Dedicated to Boyuan (Ouyang Boyuan, uncle of He Shanyuan)
One collector’s seal of He Shanyuan (1901-1990)
Colophon inscribed and signed, by He Shanyuan, with two seals of the artist
Titleslip inscribed and signed by Ouyang Boyuan (19-20th Century), with one seal
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He Shanyuan (1901-1990), a descendant of the He family in Hunan Province, and a direct descendant of He Shaoji (1799-1873). He was a well-known calligrapher in Taiwan, and one of the founders of the Taiwan Chinese Calligraphy Society, and previously worked as secretary of the provincial government.

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