Lot 360: WANG CHONG (1494-1533)

SUNZI'S BOOK OF WARFARE IN SMALL STANDARD SCRIPT CALLIGRAPHY

Album of twenty-four leaves, ink on silk
Each leaf measures 20 x 9.5 cm (7 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Last leaf signed: Yayi Shanren Wang Chong
Three seals of the artist: Wang Chong Si Yin, Li Ji Zhi Yin, Hua Hua Zhai
Three collectors' seals on the mounting:
Shao Songnian (1834-1923): Song Nian Suo Cang;
Zhao Shudong ( ): Ting Song Shu Wu, Shu Dong Xin Shang
Four colophons at the end of the album by Shao Songnian, signed, with four seals

Shao Songnian, Chenglanshi Guxuan Cuilu (Miscellany of Ancient Wonders in the Chenglan Studio), juan (chapter) 4, pp.23-24

(US$51,600-77,400)