£1,000
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 578
Auction: 6 November 2019 at 12:00 GMT
清 仿藍瑛《雪山晴翠》設色絹本
ink and colour on silk, after the style of Lan Ying, a Ming dynasty Chinese painter, depicting two travellers on horses with a walking attendant crossing a rock bridge heading towards a redish building enclosed by a rocky vegetated mountain, titled 'Sunny and Green in the Snow Mountain', signed 'Lan Ying', one of the seals 'Todoshi', in wooden frame
Provenance: From the collection of the late Donald Black.
Note: Donald Black was a renowned Jockey champion in Hong Kong in the mid-20th century. He moved to Hong Kong after the Second World War, following his service in the British Navy, stationed off India. As an accountant he was a partner with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co, until his retirement in 1962, when he returned to Great Britain.