5 days LeftYorkville Auction Appraisals19th Century Ottoman Instructional Calligraphy. Signed at upper left by master calligrapher Ra'if$150
5 days LeftYorkville Auction AppraisalsMuhammadiya Ottoman Islamic Turkish Calligraphy Muhammadiya Ottoman Islamic Religious Calligraphy$1,000
Kwong Lum calligraphy exhibition on view in New YorkNEW YORK – Kwong Lum’s “Unrestrained Freehand Cursive Calligraphy” exhibition is now on view at Gianguan Auction Gallery, located at 39 W. 56th St., in Manhattan.
Gianguan Auctions chronicles paintings, calligraphy highlightsNEW YORK – Gianguan Auctions New York announces the publication of Chronicle of Gianguan: Thirteen Years of Master Paintings and Calligraphy, a curated retrospective of important Chinese paintings that have crossed the gallery’s podium. It offers readers a visual history of Chinese ink as it evolved from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) to the contemporary.
China chides cadres: No more calligraphy clubsBEIJING (AFP) – The writing is on the wall for Chinese officials caught up in the latest hotbed of graft and corruption: calligraphy associations. The written form has long been revered as an art in China, and it was part of the civil service examinations in Imperial times. More recently, inscriptions by Communist China’s founding […]
Calligraphy scrolls keep Asian items on a roll at Michaan’sALAMEDA, Calif. – Chinese arts and antiquities continued to prove their worth as a hot commodity in Michaan’s estate auction Aug. 3. A runaway sales success was found in lot 179, a set of six hanging scrolls of calligraphy brushwork attributed to Yu Youren, which was estimated to sell for $2,000-3,000. The set provided a […]