Lot 997: LIN ZEXU (1785-1850) Four Personal Correspondences in Running Script

LIN ZEXU (1785-1850)
Four Personal Correspondences in Running Script
Album of twenty-one leaves, ink on paper
Each leaf measures 23 x 12.5 cm. (9 x 5 in.)
Each letter signed, with two seals of the artist
Three letters are addressed to Taiqin
NOTE:
The letters cover asking after friends, politics, travels and so on. Lifang, sobriquet of Wang Yanmei (1776-1830), was mentioned a few times in the letters. He passed the civil examination in 1811 and was the Prefect of Wuxuan in Guangxi.