Lot  633 Ravenel Spring Auction 2023 Taipei

Ravenel Spring Auction 2023 Taipei

Hundreds of Blessings

TONG YANG TZE (Taiwanese, 1942)

2005

Ink on gold-coated paper, four-panel screen

52 x 210.5 cm

Estimate

TWD 180,000-360,000

HKD 47,000-94,000

USD 6,000-11,900

CNY 41,000-82,000

Sold Price

TWD 780,000

HKD 199,488

USD 25,440

CNY 180,139


Signature

With two seals of the artist

PROVENANCE
Private collection, Taiwan

EXHIBITED
"Chen Mo Shi Jin (Ink Like Gold): Calligraphy Works of Tong Yang-Tze", Eslite Gallery, Taipei, 15 April, 2006 - 7 May, 2006

ILLUSTRATED
Calligraphy Works of Tong Yang-Tze, Eslite Corporation, Taipei, 2006, p. 68
This lot is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

+ OVERVIEW

With a background of Western art, Tong Yang-tze transformed and revived Chinese calligraphy to heighten its aesthetic quality based on abstract art from the West. Her works capture the essence of both Western and Eastern art and design aesthetics, enhancing the uniqueness of her art. This work, created in 2005, is from a series of works on which Tong wrote “blessing” a hundred times by the end of each year since 1998. Each character was written in different styles chosen by the artist to bring classical art to the modern lifestyle. Each word has its own character of formality, elusiveness, sturdiness and fluidity presented by the calligrapher in different scripts on folded panels, imitating the form of an ancient book. Gold-coated paper was used to highlight the luxurious elegance of this rare and poetic calligraphy masterpiece.
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Ravenel Spring Auction 2023 Taipei

Saturday, June 3, 2023, 1:00pm