Wu Xizai (1799-1870)Calligraphy in Small Seal Script A set of six hanging scrolls, ink on paper,prising a poem by Yan Yanzhi (384-456), inscribed with a dedication to Bianqing, signed Wu Rangzhi with two artist's seals Xizai zhiyin and Wu shi Rangzhi . 64 3/4 x 14in (164 x 41cm), each panel (6). 吳熙載 篆書錄《應詔宴曲水作詩》 水墨紙本 立軸六屏 Provenance/來源: Far East Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, 9 December 1988 加州舊金山遠東藝術中心，1988年12月9日 Published/出版: Little, Stephen, and J. May Lee Barrett. New Songs on Ancient Tunes: 19th-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Richard Fabian Collection , Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2007, pp.142-143 Little, Stephen, J. May Lee Barrett,《古調新歌：費立哲神父珍藏十九及二十世紀中國書畫》，檀香山藝術博物館，夏威夷，2007年，頁142-143 Exhibited/展覽: New Songs on Ancient Tunes , Honolulu Art Academy, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 30-October 28, 2007 《古調新歌：費立哲神父珍藏十九及二十世紀中國書畫》，檀香山藝術博物館，夏威夷，2007年8月30日至10月28日 In this impressive six panelposition, Wu Xizai chooses a work by the Six Dynasties period poet, Yan Yanzhi (384-456). Titled "Responding to a Summons from Yan Qushui, Iposed a Poem", the text is preserved in the earlypendium the Wenxuan , and it is one of only twenty-four of Yan Yanzhi's poems that is extant today. Although the poem itself harkens back to antiquity, the artist's calligraphic style is based on Zhou dynasty seal script, the forms imitating a style eight hundred years older than the poem.