FU JIE (Chinese, 1907-1994). CALLIGRAPHY, ink on paper scroll, signed and sealed - 36 1/2 in. x 12 1/4 in. Estimate $700-900
PROVENANCE: Estate of Betty Lou and Ambassador Arthur W. Hummel, Jr., Chevy Chase, MD. Arthur Hummel was captured by the Japanese after the Attack on Pearl Harbor; he escaped in 1944 and fought beside Chinese nationalist guerillas before entering the Foreign Service. He was the ambassador to Ethiopia, Burma, Pakistan and China and served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs during the Carter administration. Born in China to Christian missionaries, Hummel's family moved to the United States in 1927; shortly thereafter, his father, a noted Sinologist, was appointed the first Chief of Orientalia at the Library of Congress. .
NOTE: This piece was dedicated to Arthur W. Hummel, Jr., former US Ambassador to China. The calligrapher, Fu Jie, was sibling of the last emperor in China.
