(Qing) Zhang Bi's Cursive Script

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德谊生辉古代近现代瓷器书画专场

(Qing) Zhang Bi's Cursive Script

Catalog Number: 405

Couplet, hanging scroll; ink on paper

125×26cm×2

Inscriptions: May good fortune and blessings be like fish among seaweed, and longevity and beauty like a crane among pines.

Inscription: For my elder brother Zhongtai, Zhang Bi of Yuncun.

Seals: Renxu (white), Zusun fuzi xiongdi shu zhi jinshi (white), Zhang Bi zhi yin (white), Yuncun (red)

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Zhang Bi, courtesy names Yuncun and Shizheng, art name Zuoting, was from Yexian County. He passed the imperial examination in the 24th year of Daoguang's reign (1844), ranking 97th in the second class. He was a Hanlin scholar during the Daoguang era and served as a Vice Director in the Ministry of War, and previously as Tongzhi (Assistant Prefect) of Yuhuan Department in Zhejiang. He was skilled in calligraphy, imitating Yan Zhenqing's works, and mastered the true secrets of ancient calligraphy brushwork. He Shaoji commented: "His calligraphy surpasses mine." He was also good at painting rocks. He died at the age of sixty-seven. Previously collected by the Cultural Relics Company.

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德谊生辉古代近现代瓷器书画专场

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