ARTIST(s): Xing Dong 邢侗?1551-1612?
ink on silk, Long Hand scroll
Painting (Sight): Length: 239 cm, Width: 36.2 cm
Signed/Seal(s): 5 artist seals, signed
Comments: Chinese Cursive Script, Ming Dynasty Period

PROVENANCE:
Estate Collections of GENERAL YU BINDONG 俞濱東 (1903-1990) (AKA: 天宾)
R.O.C. Presidential Palace Third Class of Major Generals, Director of Assistant Commissioner, Official bodyguard, Security guard brigade commander of the building controls, the affairs of state, presidential palace Internal business, printing and engraving branch.

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The collections of General Yu Bindong 俞濱東 presented and offered up to auctions:
ON DAY-1: From Lot-121 through Lot-141, and continued from Lot-233 through Lot-251.
ON DAY-2: From Lot-393 through Lot-413, and continued from Lot-481 through Lot-493.

LOT NOTES:
Xing Dong 邢侗 (1551-1612), Originaly Ziyuan, Courtesy Name Niansheng, Fangshan Taoist. A native of Linyi County (now in Dezhou, Shandong). Jinshi in the second year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty, he went to Shaoqing of Taipu Temple in Shaanxi. Good at painting, capable of poetry, writing, calligraphy are cherished at home and abroad. Together with Dong Qichang, Mi Wanzhong, and Zhang Ruitu, they are called the "Four Great Masters of the Late Ming Dynasty".

Over all in EXCELLENT Condition. Natural imperfection on the medium (paper or silk), regardless from any major damages; includes light blooms, discoloration and minor fading. Consider normal due to the ages.
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