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Handscroll of cursive Chinese calligraphy in black ink on mottled paper, with red seals at the top and bottom.

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"Guitian fu" by Zhang Pingzi, Dong Qichang, Princeton University Art Museum. Via artnap.com

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This handscroll shows a section of cursive Chinese calligraphy in black ink on a pale, mottled paper ground, with several red seals stamped near the top and bottom of the column. The brushwork is fluid and varied in thickness, with columns of characters running right to left. The work is catalogued as "Guitian fu" by Zhang Pingzi, attributed to Dong Qichang, in the Princeton University Art Museum collection.

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