Lot 43
AFTER DERENGGE (CHINESE/ MONGOLIAN, DELENGE, 1772-1842)
SET OF EIGHT CHINESE INK CALLIGRAPHY
Auction: Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179
Description
劉佳德楞額款 行書書法八條屏 水墨紙本 立軸 （共八幅）
款識：王右軍；字勢如；龍跳天；門虎；臥鳳阁；故歷代；寶之爲；訓也
鈐印（第八屏）：德楞額印、雲御?
籤條各書：德楞額書屏
each ink on paper, the last with two seals of the artist, hanging scrolls (8)
Dimensions
132.5cm x 42cm each
Provenance
Acquired by Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937);
Gifted to his daughter, Mary Stewart Lockhart (1894-1985);
Presented by the above to George Watson’s College, Edinburgh in 1967;
Lent to the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh (2003-2025).
Footnote
According to the Manuscripts of Biographical Records from the Qing Imperial Historiography Office in the National Palace Museum, Taipei (國立故宮博物院清國史館傳稿), no. 701000657, Derengge was the Uliastai General or General of Uliastai, formerly known as Deputy General of the Left, was the highest military officer of China's Qing dynasty in Outer Mongolia, Tannu Uriankhai and Kobdo in the 20th of the Daoguang reign year, corresponding to 1840AD.
The set of eight semi-cursive script calligraphies is a poetic description praising Wang Xizhi, the famed calligrapher of the Eastern Jin, also known as Wang Youjun, and can be translated as follows: ‘Wang Youjun, the force of his brush was like a dragon leaping into the heavens, a tiger crouching at the gate, a phoenix resting in the pavilion. Thus, throughout the ages, his art has been treasured as the supreme model of instruction.’
Sold to Benefit George Watson's College, Edinburgh
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