Description:
Three Chinese Scrolls in a Wooden Presentation Box, China, limited edition, published by Han Mo Xuan, Hong Kong, in August 2010, this collectible set includes a silk scroll representation of "Going Upriver at the Qingming Festival" depicting the daily life of people and landscape in the Song dynasty, a silk scroll of calligraphy "The Orchid Pavilion" by Wang Xizhi, and a traditional stitched bound book of The Art of War by Sun Tzu, together as three masterpieces that best exemplify the heritage of Chinese culture, scroll 14 x 200, box 8 x 17 x 11 in.
Provenance: Collection of Christopher and Roberta Bickford
Estimate $2,000-3,000
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Keywords
Roberta Bickford, Han Mo Xuan, China, Sun Tzu
Suhyung Kim
Director, Asian Works of Art
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