PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS JINSHI (1614-1680)Calligraphy Hanging scroll, ink on paper, inscribed by the artist and signed Jinshi with two artist's seals Dangui and cuo cuo liu shi . 71¼ x 18in (181 x 45.5cm) 今釋 書法 水墨紙本 立軸 十七世紀 Provenance: Guangzhou Wen Wu Dian (Guangzhou Antique Shop), label to reverse. Published: E&J Frankel Ltd., Twenty-fifth Anniversary Retrospect , New York, 1992, pp. 34-35., pl. 13. 來源： 廣州文物店（據標籤） 出版： E&J Frankel Ltd.藝廊， Twenty-fifth Anniversary Retrospect , 紐約，1992年，頁34-35，圖版13 Jinshi, who was originally named Jin Bao, started an official career after he passed the jinshi degree in 1640 and took up a government post in the last years of the Ming dynasty. He subsequently became a monk and used the name Jinshi. A highly regarded and productive writer and calligrapher, Jinshi was especially known for his strong cursive script.