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Subject:Re: Calligraphy Couplet on Floral Painting
Posted By: I.Nagy Tue, Oct 09, 2018
Inscriptions,
不誇四子錦為幄
肯道大真雲想衣
Do not boast the four sons in brocade
The path is more serious than think about robes
Citation from the Song dynasty poet Huang Tingjian 黄庭堅 1045-1105 (Remnant sentences, 殘句)
山谷句 - Shangu (Pseudonym of Huang Tingjian)sentences
丙申十一月寫 - Year of Fire-Monkey (1956) November
於首都 半丁老人 - in the capital, by the Old Man Banding
Unfortunately the two seals under the signature are not clear to read
Leisure seal (Left bottom corner) reads,
美意延年 - Good intentions prolong life
Chen Banding 陳半丁 1876-1970
Born in Shanyin (Shaoxing),Zhejiang
Was a student of Wu Changshuo
With regards,
I.Nagy
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