Beschreibung:

WANG XIZHI (321-379) A 13TH CENTURY RUBBING OF THE LANTING XU (ORCHID PAVILLION PREFACE) IN RUNNING SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY Handscroll, ink rubbed on paper 26.3 x 63 cm. (10 1/2 x 24 3/4 in.) With a frontispiece consisting of a seal script copy of the Lanting preface by Wu Rui (1298-1355), and an ink outline portrait of Wang Xizhi by Zhang Wo (active 1336-1364) Forty-one collectors' seals, including three of Zhu Gang (?-1398), one of Song Hao (1634-1713), two of An Qi (1683-1744), eight of Zhang Ruo'ai (1713-1746), nine of Chen Chongben (18th century), one of Bi Yuan (1730-1797), and two of Song Baochun (1748-after 1817) With a copy of Zhao Mengfu's (1254-1322) thirteen colophons to the Lanting preface in cursive calligraphy by Song Ke (1327-1387) Eight colophons, including one each by Dong Qichang (1555-1636), Yong Xing (1752-1823), Shang Yuesong (1773-1842), Wu Shifeng (1796-1856), Luo Tianchi (1805-after 1856), and Xu Bangda (born 1911)