Live Auction 20831Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy
A 12TH-CENTURY RUBBING
Lot 815 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION (LOTS 814-815)

A 12TH-CENTURY RUBBING

Wang Xizhi’s Small Standard Script Calligraphy of the Huangting Sutra

Closed28 May 2022

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HKD 600,000–800,000

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A 12TH-CENTURY RUBBING
Wang Xizhi’s Small Standard Script Calligraphy of the Huangting Sutra

Album of eight leaves, ink rubbing on paper

Each leaf measures 26 x 13 cm (10 x 5 1⁄8 in.)

Twelve collectors’ seals, including two of Mao Xiang (1611-1693), one each of Song Baochun (1748-1818), Yi Nianzeng (1790-1861), He Kunyu (19th Century), and five of Liu Shujun
Frontispiece by Song Baochun Colophon by Zhao Huaiyu (1747-1823) Titleslip by Yi Nianzeng, with one seal

Lot 318, 25 April 2004, Fine Classical Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy, Christie’s Hong Kong.

Specialist note

The Huangting sutra is reputed to be written by Wang Xizhi, and extremely high accolade given to its calligraphy by Sun Guoting. This rubbing is certainly of age, and has excellent provenance, having been in the collections of Mao Xiang, Yi Nianzeng, He Kunyu, and Song Baochun.