Lot 1
AFTER DIAO GUANGYIN (CHINESE, CA. 852-935)
CHINESE INK PAINTING OF PHOENIXES IN A WUTONG TREE
Auction: Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179
Description
刁光胤款 鳳凰圖 水墨設色絹本 立軸
款識：天𣸪三年歲癸未九月。雍京刁光胤▢（漫漶不辨）
鈐印：內府圖書、睿思东阁、▢
左簽：唐刁光胤碧梧丹鳳圖。成親王書
鈐印：成親王、詒晉齋印
右簽：刁光胤雍京人也。天𣸪年間入蜀攻畫。故湖石花竹貓兔雀尤稱妙絕。性情高潔，交遊不雜，入蜀後前輩有工花鳥者頓減色矣。黃筌孔崇二人學問之高，皆得其親授之祕。孔類昇堂黃得入室光胤，居蜀三十餘年，筆無暫暇，非病不休，非老不息。年屈八十蜀中豪貴之家及好事者收得其畫，將爲家寶傳視子孫。此圖爲南宋中興館閣祕笈之物，其設色精妙尤爲天趣盎然。即此已是希世之珍，藝林之巨臂也。舊爲吾吳宋氏所收，未知何以流傳京師。今𣸪爲楊公南峯購取歸吳，豈非楚兮楚得者耶。成化三年歲次丁亥修禊日。長洲吳寬誌。
鈐印：原博、吳寬
詩堂：世間有鳥人不識，卻把丹青繪羽毛。舜樂九成暘谷曉，秦蕭千仞月臺高。幀祥表德同麟趾，律呂諧聲異鶴皋。擬續卷阿陳大雅，明良喜起慶相遭。御書
鈐印：德▢▢寶、御書之寶
ink and colour on silk, inscribed, signed by the artist, collector's seals, hanging scroll
Dimensions
168cm x 91cm
Provenance
Acquired by Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937) from Tse Tsan-tai, December 1914 for HK $175;
Gifted to his daughter, Mary Stewart Lockhart (1894-1985);
Presented by the above to George Watson’s College, Edinburgh in 1967;
Lent to the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh (2003-2025).
Exhibition:
London, Betty Joel Gallery, Loan Exhibition of Chinese Imperial and Other Paintings, November 1937, catalogue no. 14.
Footnote
Sold to Benefit George Watson's College, Edinburgh
捐助愛丁堡喬治沃森學院義賣