A 14TH-CENTURY RUBBING

A 14TH-CENTURY RUBBING

Li Dan’s Standard Script Calligraphy from the Shunling Stele



A set of four albums totalling two hundred and ninety-three leaves, ink rubbing on paper

Each leaf measures approx. 23.5 x 15.2 cm (9 1⁄4 x 6 1⁄2 in.)

(4)First album: frontispiece with a painting by Chen Zhenshou (1878- 1949), dated gengwu year (1930) and dedicated to Zhang Zuyi (19th-20th Century); followed by three colophons: two by Weng Fanggang (1733-1818), with two seals; and one by Sun Xingyan (1753-1818), with one seal

Third album: colophon by Zhu Deyi (1871-1942), with two seals

Fourth album: three colophons: one by Weng Fanggang, with two seals; one by He Zhuo (1661-1722) and one by Liu Zhixi (1900- 1937), with two seals

A total of thirty-three collectors’ seals, including seven of Zhu Zhichi (17th Century), ten of Zha Ying (18th Century), five of Weng Fanggang, three of Liu Zhixi, three of Tan Jing (19th-20th century)