Calligraphy in Seal ScriptInk on paper, framed and glazed, a four character inscription in seal script, signed Zhang Binglin, with an artist's seal Taiyan.16 x 32 1/2in (40.6 x 82.5cm),转到 Chinese Paintings Go
注脚:章炳麟 篆書書法 水墨紙本 鏡框Provenance:The Collection of Che-Fuh Chao (1900-1987), co-founder of the Zung Fu Company in Shanghai and Hong Kong, and thence by descent within the family to the present owner."來源:趙桂馥珍藏，後由家族成員繼承Zhang Binglin, who also used the name Zhang Taiyan, was an important late Qing / early Republic period linguist and philosopher. His important contributions to the field of Chinese etymology include Wen shi (The Origin of Writing), published in 1913. Zhang Binglin was also a staunch Anti-Manchu revolutionary, whose outspoken views resulted in his imprisonment.