Name: ZHU YUANSHU (1880-1946)
Brand: Eight-character Calligraphic Couplet in Standard Running Script
Price: 6500.00 HKD
Availability: SoldOut

ZHU YUANSHU (1880-1946)
Eight-character Calligraphic Couplet in Standard Running Script

A pair of hanging scrolls, ink on paper
Each scroll measures 135 x 22.5 cm. (53 ¹⁄₈ x 8 ⁷⁄₈ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated summer,yiyouyear (1945)

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A native of Yuyao, Zhejiang province, Zhu Yuanshu, styled as Zhifen, was a Juren and a famous minister during the late Qing dynasty. He had studied abroad at Tokyo Hosei University in his early adulthood, and dedicated himself to charity work in his final years. For his calligraphic work, along with Qian Chongwei, Song Yude, and Lan Yunping, the four are known as the ‘Four Hanlin.’