Namo Amitābha and Quotes of the Monk Lianchi, seal script, hanging scroll

Artist: Li Shutong (1880-1942)

Date: Modern, dated 1928

Material: Ink on paper

Gift of Xia Hongning

Description

Li Shutong (1880-1942), also known by his zi (designated name) Xishuang, later became a monk with the monk name Yanyin and the hao (literary name) Hongyi. His ancestral home was in Pinghu in Zhejiang, but he was born in Tianjin. A skilled calligrapher, Li excelled in seal and clerical scripts. In his early years, he often modelled his work after Northern Wei stele inscriptions, but in his later years, he developed a unique style of his own. This scroll, created in 1928 when the artist was 49 years old, features brushwork that is round and smooth, embodying a sense of rustic simplicity and harmonious completeness.

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