Wan (1529) Zhu Sold at Auction Prices

ZHU WAN (1559-1617)

CLERICAL SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY AFTER THE XIACHENG STELE Handscroll, ink on paper 30 x 297 cm (11 3/4 x 117 in.) Inscribed at the end of the scroll and signed by the artist: Nanhai Zhu Wan Two seals of the artist: Zhu Wan Zhi Yin, Bai Yue Shan Ren Dated seventh month, twenty-ninth year of the Wanli era (1601) One collector's seal Note: Zhu Wan, sobriquets Jimei and Baiyue Shanren, was a native of Guangzhou. He was known as a literary man, a poet, and an adept calligrapher, particularly of seal and clerical scripts. For brief biography of the artist, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.202