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Lotus and Butterfly
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XIE ZHILIU (1910-1997)
Lotus and Butterfly
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
78 x 50.5 cm. (30 ¾ x 19 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated spring, jiashen year (1944)
Dedicated to Qinzhai
note:
The recipient of this painting was Jian Jinglun, a native of Guangdong. Born in the fourteenth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1888), he was a scholar, a skilled painter, and calligrapher. With a passionate interest in oracle bone script, he collated many old texts and transformed them into poetry. Known for his vast collection of seals and oracle bone poetry, he spent the late years of his life writing calligraphy and painting.
Lotus and Butterfly
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink and colour on paper
78 x 50.5 cm. (30 ¾ x 19 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated spring, jiashen year (1944)
Dedicated to Qinzhai
note:
The recipient of this painting was Jian Jinglun, a native of Guangdong. Born in the fourteenth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1888), he was a scholar, a skilled painter, and calligrapher. With a passionate interest in oracle bone script, he collated many old texts and transformed them into poetry. Known for his vast collection of seals and oracle bone poetry, he spent the late years of his life writing calligraphy and painting.
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