California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 March 10, 2017  March 10, 2017

 Lot # 1352 
ZHENG XIAOXU: INK ON PAPER 'RUNNING SCRIPT COUPLETS' CALLIGRAPHY    鄭孝胥 (1860 - 1938) 行書八言聯 紙本


  • Dimension: Length: 81 1/2 in (207 cm) Width: 17 3/8 in (44.1 cm)
  • Estimate From: $1200
  • Estimate To: $1800

Ink on red paper. Eight character Running script couplet calligraphy. Signed Xiaoxu and with two seals of the artist, with dedication.


鄭孝胥,中國近代重要政治人物、書法家。福建省閩侯人。 1882年清光緒八年舉人,曾歷任廣西邊防大臣,安徽廣東按察使,湖南布政使等。辛亥革命後以遺老自居。 1932年任偽滿洲國總理大臣兼文教總長。善楷書,取徑歐陽詢及蘇軾,得力於北魏碑,所作蒼勁樸茂,為詩壇“同光體”倡導者之一。