Lot 11

QIU HE AND NA XIANGZI (CHINESE)
TWO CHINESE INK PAINTINGS, DEDICATED TO SIR JAMES STEWART LOCKHART











Auction: Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179
Description
邱壑 山水圖 水墨紙本 立軸 及 納香子 梅花圖 水墨紙本 卷軸(共兩幅)
款識:壬子夏日倣石谷法,为任廷仁兄先生雅正,蜀西烟雲邱壑。
鈐印四枚
畫外款識:辛亥十月初五,子雪戌止蝸舍盆梅▢檢查筵得咸豐間納香子一幅,古雅似冬心勁▢峭▢二樹,郵寄駱大臣鋪壁,芷蘭之室宜杭州竹齋記。
畫內款識:擬冬山老人大意,於安樂道中,納香子
鈐印兩枚
籤條書:納香子梅花一軸
one ink on paper, depicting hill and forge landscape, by Qiu He, with inscriptions, signatures and seals, dated to the summer of Ren Zi year, 1912, hanging scroll; and one ink on paper, depicting plum blossom, by Na Xiangzi, with inscriptions, seals and signature, handscroll (2)
Dimensions
34.7cm x 64.2cm; 158cm x 52.5cm
Provenance
The ‘Hill and Forger Landscape’ by Qiu He with dedication to Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937) from the artist who was the secretary to the Governor of Hebei province; The ‘Plum Blossom’ by Na Xiangzi presented to Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858-1937), December 1911, Magistrate of Wenteng;
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:
For the ‘Hill and Forger Landscape’ by Qiu He: London, Betty Joel Gallery, Chinese Paintings from the Collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart, 18 June-18 July 1927, catalogue no. 44;
Edinburgh, City Art Centre, An Ardent Collector, December 1982 / January 1983, catalogue no. 52.
Footnote
Sold to Benefit George Watson's College, Edinburgh
捐助愛丁堡喬治沃森學院義賣
Special Note: An original exhibition catalogue of An Ardent Collector, Edinburgh, City Art Centre, December 1982- January 1983 is included together with this lot.










