COLLX2 Various: FOUR ILLUSTRATED WORKS ON CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY. Beijing and Shanghai, Various sizes and paginations. B/w Illustrations throughout all volumes. 4 vols. Stitched. GBP 150.00 All text in Chinese. Some wear and tear to covers. All very scarce. Comprises: 1. Yan Zhenqing: TANG MAGU XIAN TAN JI. (Tang Period Inscription for the Altar of the Immortal Magu). Shanghai, n.d. 31 folded leaves, Chinese-style. Full page b/w collotype illustrations throughout. 33x22 cm. Stitched. Excellent collotype reproductions of a rubbing of a fine Song dynasty stone inscription from a work by the Tang master Yan Zhenqing. From the collection of Sun Wenjing of Xishan. 2. Zhao Mengfu: ZHAO SONGXUE DANBA BEI ZHENJI. (The Original Inscription for the Danba Stele by Zhao Mengfu). Shanghai, n.d (1930s?). 30 full page b/w collotype plates. 39x31 cm. Stitched. A complete (including colophons) and well-executed reproduction of the inscription by the Yuan dynasty calligrapher. From the collection of Ye Xiayan. In Chinese. Slight waterstain to bottom of first leaf. 3. Gugong Museum: SUN GUOTING JINGFU DIAN FU. (Sun Guoting's Jingfu Hall Poem). Beijing, 1976. 2 pp. text. 38 full page b/w plates. 43x32 cm. Stitched. Calligraphy by this Tang period artist who specialised in 'cao' or cursive script. This scroll is preserved in the Gugong Museum in Beijing. 4. Lin Bu poet and calligrapher: SONG LIN BU ZI SHU SHI JUAN. (A Poem Composed and Written by Lin Tong of the Song Dynasty). Beijing, 1960. 26 full page b/w collotype plates. 41x31 cm. Stitched. A poem composed and rendered in fine calligraphy by Lin Tong (967-1028), reproduced complete with colophons from the collections of the Palace Museum, Beijing. Subjects: Painting Item 132 in List 211. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?v/COLLX2.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |