WU CHANGSHUO (1844-1927) Calligraphy in Running Script

WU CHANGSHUO (1844-1927)
Calligraphy in Running Script
Fan leaf, mounted as hanging scroll, ink on gold-flecked paper
16.5 x 49 cm. (6 1⁄2 x 19 1⁄4 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated twelfth month, yiyou year (1885)
Dedicated to Yongshao
One collector’s seal
Frontispiece by Lu Yanshao (1909-1993), with three seals
Dated fifth month, yichou year (1985)
Further inscirbed and signed by Zhu Leshan (1902-1984) on the mounting, with three seals
Dated 1972
Further inscribed and signed by Zhou Changgu (1929-1985) on the mounting, with two seals
Dated summer, yichou year (1985)
Titleslip inscribed and signed by Zhou Changgu (1929-1985), with one seal