Lot 300: WENG FANGGANG 1733-1818

POEM BY ZHU YUMING (1460-1526)

measurements note
calligraphy 25.5 by 622 cm. 10 by 244 7/8 in. frontispiece 25.5 by 101 .5 cm. 10 by 40 in. annotation 25.5 by 125 cm. 10 by 49 1/4 in.

Signed Fanggang, dated gui chou, 1793, the ninth day of the second lunar month, inscription stating that this piece was done in ren zi, 1792. Later inscribed several times, one of them dated jia yin, 1794, the twenty-second day of the sixth lunar month, and with a total of six seals of the artist, and eight collectors' seals, including one of Liang Zhangju (1775-1849), Shen Shuyong (1823-1873), He Yuanyu (1840-?), Pan Shicheng (1785-1859), He Kunyu (circa 1828-1895), He Shaoji (1799-1873) and Li Jiafu (1829-1894). Titleslip and frontispiece by the artist himself. Frontispiece dated gui chou, 1793, the twentieth day of the second lunar month. Annotation by Huang Yi (1744-1802), dated gui chou, 1973, and with one seal of his

handscroll; ink on paper