• 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。