The central large characters are 美孚, Mei Fu, which is Mobil, the oil & gas corporation. To the left, is 丁卯春香港美孚 敬贈, which translates as "In spring 1987, A gift of Hong Kong Mobil, and it is sealed with the signature seal of Zuo Tai-Hang ( or Zuo Tai-Xing). On the back is affixed a paper label that's signed by the artist 左 太行 ,書法 Zuo Tai-Hang calligraphy. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be Tai-Hang or Taihang. Presumably, this scroll was presented as a gift to a Mobil Corporation executive while visiting the Hong Kong Mobil headquarters.
At the time of this posting, the only information I have been able to find thus far on Zuo Taihang is that Zuo Tai Hang was born in 1948 in Hebei Hirayama, China, in 1968 he worked in Mongolia, In 1975 Mr Taihang graduated from the Beijing Iron and Steel Institute and then went on to work for the Capital Iron and Steel Plant, 1
Since 1980, he has worked for the Beijing Economic Commission, the State Economic Commission and the National Reform Committee. He is a member of the Chinese Calligraphers Association.
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