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Lot 253 : (2) 20TH C. CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY SCROLLS, POEM BY XIN QIJI

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(2) 20TH C. CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY SCROLLS, POEM BY XIN QIJI
Partridge Sky, A Poem by Xin Qiji (1140-1207)
Calligrapher: Chin Ying-Ling (pen name: Chin Huai-Shi) b. Anhui, China, 1923-d. Taipei, Taiwan, 2015)
done in the highest grade of calligraphy known as 'cursive script"(literally translated as "grass script)
Prov.: From the granddaughter of the artist - family of exceptional artists, descended from the Chin or Jurchens.
Xin Qiji was a celebrated calligrapher, military general and poet during the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). The first scroll describes his youth. He led the army of Song to victory against Chin. The second scroll describes how the Emperor repeatedly ignored his treatises on controlling the invasions by the Chin, and he was forced to retire into obscurity.
"When I was young/ I waved a flag to lead a/thousand soldiers/horses too/how my men fashioned/arrows/of silver at night/they brought down the moon/now the enemy owns it/I come back/I am nobody."

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800


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