Ge Jiabei, Calligraphy in Clerical Script, China, dated 1863. Fan leaf in passepartout, 16 x 50 cm, ink on gold pigmented paper. Inscription and signature by the artist: "Inscription of thirty three characters on a bronze mirror from the first year of the Yongping period of the Han Dynasty (A.D. 58), written for my friend Yingshi, in the seventh month in the autumn of the guihai year (1863), Ge Jiabei." One seal of the artist - Property from a German private collection, assembled between 1960 and 1990 - Minor wear.