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Lot 8118: Yongxing (Prince Cheng) (1752-1823) Chinese Art from the Scholar's Studio

Est: $2,000 USD - $3,000 USDSold:
BonhamsNew York, NY, USMarch 16, 2015

Item Overview

Description

Calligraphy in Running Script Mounted, framed and glazed, ink on painted paper, signed Huang shiyi zi (Eleventh son of the emperor), with two calligrapher's seals reading Huang shiyi zi and Yijin Zhai yin. 12 x 17 1/4in (30.5 x 43.8cm)

Dimensions

30.5 x 43.8cm

Artist or Maker

Notes

永瑆 (成親王) 行書書法 水墨紙本 鏡框 Yongxing Prince Cheng, the eleventh son of the Qianlong emperor and brother of the Jiaqing Emperor was known as an excellent calligrapher. Inhabiting the mansion of former corrupt eunuch Heshen on the northern bank of Houhai, Prince Cheng was a superintendant of the Ministry of Revenue, until his brother the emperor became concerned with his rising influence.Stripped of his titles, Prince Cheng would devote himself to self-cultivation and the discipline of calligraphy.

Auction Details

Chinese Art from the Scholar's Studio

by
Bonhams
March 16, 2015, 04:00 PM UTC

580 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10022, US