Lot 176: Attributed to Wang Wenzhi (1730-1802) and Qian Danian (18th century) The Second Ode to the Red Cliff

Attributed to Wang Wenzhi (1730-1802) and Qian Danian (18th century)
The Second Ode to the Red CliffInk on paper, vertical scroll now framed and glazed, at the far left dated bingchen xia zhong and bearing a signature reading Banzhou Qian Danian with two artist's seals reading Banzhou and Danian; at the upper right inscribed with the full text of The Second Ode to the Red Cliff by Su Shi (1036-1101) and bearing a signature reading Dantu Wang Wenzhi with two seals reading Wenzhi and Yuqing. 39 x 16 3/4in (99 x 42.5cm) sight

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