Sun Jun

CHINA, Zhejiang, Hangzhou; Qing dynasty

Sun Jun had an original family name of Taishun and was also known as Guyun. He was a seal engraver, calligrapher, and painter from Yuhang District in Hangzhou. Sun was talented in engraving bamboo, and his calligraphy mostly features seal and clerical scripts.
Skilled in painting of flowers, Sun’s style followed that of Xuwei and Chen Chunshen. His seal engraving skills were inherited from Chen Hongshou, adopting a strict compositional arrangement. Although his works were not widely distributed, his collection includes the Lay Practitioners and Monastics, a white-character square, and Great Fortune, a red-character oval seal, among several other.